Bolsonaro thinks “Indians smell, are uneducated and don’t speak our language” and that “the recognition of Indigenous land is an obstacle to agri-business”. He declares that he will reduce or abolish ...

Brazil is blessed. Its proven reserves of oil are huge and growing. Within its borders the world’s largest river, the Amazon, flows through its greatest rainforest. More than half of Brazil’s ...

The BR-319 runs through a largely untouched stretch of the rainforest. A new initiative to pave it could put the Amazon and the global climate at risk. This story was produced by Grist and ...

During the 2023 and 2024 El Niño, temperatures rose 2 to 4 Celsius (3.5 to 7 Fahrenheit) above the forest’s historical ...

We are at a decisive moment. The results of the first round showed that the threats to our territories and our rights may ...

The farm had been in the family since 1907. Instead of more pasture, they decided to give it back to the forest, one sapling ...

Brazil's environment is a global concern. But on the campaign trail, it's struggling to get voters' attention.

On a Wednesday in July, deep in a coastal restinga area of Brazil’s Paraná state, muffled footsteps broke through the ...

Recent drops in Brazil’s deforestation have been celebrated as a historic achievement. Forest loss in the Amazon fell by 23.5 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year. This drop contributed to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fort Sill Apache Tribe has regained a physical presence in its ancestral lands in southeastern Arizona, lands lost in 1886 ...

CIVICUS discusses the role of art in climate and rights struggles in the Brazilian Amazon with Tom Wheeler, executive ...

The Brazilian government has created four new sustainable development reserves in the Amazon as part of an effort to mitigate environmental damage from the controversial plan to fully pave the BR-319 ...