In Brazil´s Amazonas state, almost 6,000 riverine dwellers authorized to fish have reported a significant drop in production ...

In Brazil´s Amazonas state, almost 6,000 riverine dwellers authorised ... Unlike other aquatic species of the Amazon, such as ...

Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon’s most successful sustainable ...

Despite the success in curbing Amazon deforestation, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been criticized by environmentalists for backing projects that could harm the region.

Many Mura residents, most of whom are concerned about the impact the project will have on the environment and their ...

According to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, 3,190 workers being held captive were rescued throughout the country in ...

The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the invention of the ...

Since May, blazes have ravaged forests and savannas across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru.

A prolonged drought, now in its second year, is devastating large swaths of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Whole communities and the Amazon’s largest city are struggling under the parched conditions.

By Fernanda Wenzel Brazil is a heavyweight in the world’s climate balance, for good and for bad. The country is among the 20 largest economies worldwide,the sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, ...