Some of that deforestation will likely happen in the Cerrado, the savanna biome next to the Amazon that serves as Brazil’s second-largest source of carbon storage. The Cerrado is governed by ...

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Since the late 1960s, during Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964-85), the federal government has pushed for infrastructure in the Amazon Rainforest. Now, with the prospect of delivering ...

And in this remote part of Brazil, where the Portuguese once tried to bring both the Amazon and the Spanish to heel, Zimpel found more than he could ever have imagined. Ruins of the colonial ...

a growth that coincides with the advance of garimpo in conservation areas of the Amazon. “When we cross-referenced the information on the area under mining exploitation in Brazil with indigenous ...

Munduruku indigenous activists intermittently shut down the road, also known as the BR-230, beginning on March 25 to put pressure on Brazil's Supreme Court to overturn a 2023 law limiting ...

Rio de Janeiro: Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand ...

which will take place for the first time in the Amazon, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) 31,066 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it ...