For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world’s biggest — wasn't grown on ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

In the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon, locals tap rubber and extract Brazil nuts from the rainforest ...

Highway BR-319 and planned connecting roads would bring deforesters to much of what remains of Brazil’s Amazon forest. BR-319 would connect the notorious “arc of deforestation” in southern Amazonia to ...

As Brazil prepares to host next year’s annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, the country’s government is attempting to send a message to the world about its commitment to ...

The construction of BR-319 is a contentious issue in Brazil. A government plan to pave a highway in the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from environmentalists who say the development will ...

Scientists say the rain forest is approaching a critical tipping point at which the damage is irreversible. Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest is threatening to accelerate past a point of no ...

Brazil is yet to fully capitalize on the export potential of Amazonian products, despite the high demand for items like nuts and açaí among foreign consumers. Jorge Viana, the head of the Brazilian ...