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

The head of Brazil's environmental agency Ibama chose to not reject a request from state oil company Petrobras to drill near ...

Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon's most successful sustainable economy: the managed fishery for the giant pirarucu, also known as arapaima.

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 ...

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

(AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) FILE – A boat navigates the Negro River amid smoke from wildfires in Manaus, Amazonas ... of ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community ... cutting off whole communities. In Amazonas state, which has few major roadways, the river is vital for transporting ...

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.

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon river community ... emerged on the Amazon river and its tributaries, cutting off whole communities. In Amazonas State, which has few ...

The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and ...