The huge Amazonia National Park, founded in 1974 north of Rio Tapajos and 1,550 mi/2,500 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro, can best be seen by hiring a guide locally for hikes through the dense rai ...

ITAITUBA, Brazil, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Ivo Lubrinna has been wildcatting for gold in the jungle here for more than 30 years. It's a notoriously messy business, as crews strip away topsoil in the forest ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters on Monday battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke. It's the latest wildfire in the country, which is ...

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6 ...

As Brazil’s government seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Remarkable discoveries in an Amazon cave rewrote human history, but it remains largely unknown as farmers advance closely. Boasting hundreds of ...

President Lula's government recognises 10 new Indigenous lands in an effort to protect their culture and environment.

On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an ...

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