The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...
By Shanna Hanbury Commodity-trading giant Cargill recently signaled that it will weaken its no-deforestation commitments in ...
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is defending oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon River as a way to ...
The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...
Nonprofit advocates said the loss of U.S. foreign aid would impede but not stop their efforts to protect the Amazon and the ...
Previous support and pledges from the United States have helped to slow forest loss in Brazil. Will Trump reverse that ...
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest ... King for importing meat products from Brazil and working with corporations that are responsible for deforestation in the Amazon.
A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.
Expanding aquaculture in the Amazon could provide nutritional and economic benefits at a fraction of the environmental cost ...
A powerful Brazilian soy grower lobby is recommending farmers reject the inclusion in soy purchase and sale contracts of the ...