Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

As you approach his Capoto/Jarina Indigenous territory in Mato Grosso state, large single-crop farms of soybean or maize give way to lush, verdant rainforest. This is the epicenter of a half-century ...

By Fernanda Wenzel Since 2019, researchers have been using lasers and making incursions into the depths of the Brazilian ...

Indigenous protests and poor roads have disrupted shipping of Brazil's bumper soybean crop in recent days via the river port ...

And this will be the first COP in three years not held in an autocratic petro-state. Brazil is a democracy with many vibrant ...

You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. As you approach his Capoto/Jarina Indigenous territory in Mato Grosso state ...

The Brazilian Amazon was ravaged by a staggering 140,000 fires last year -- many of them started to clear land for livestock or crops. A blaze in Capoto/Jarina wiped out crops and medicinal plants ...

Environmental organizations worldwide have warned that deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon is close to reaching a point of no return, something which has worsened under President Jair Bolsonaro.

Santander is committed to safeguarding and promoting the sustainable development of the Amazon rainforest, which is vital to address climate change and conserve biodiversity. We need economic growth, ...