In 2023, hydro-electricity accounted for nearly half of Brazil's installed energy capacity, and more than 60% of its total ...

Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming ...

Environmental organizations worldwide have warned that deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon is close to reaching a point of no return, something which has worsened under President Jair Bolsonaro.

You don’t need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon’s most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. As you ...

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Far from international forums and economical centers, locals in one of the Amazon deforestation hotspots seek alternatives to agribusiness and gold mines. Mongabay went to Pará state’s ...

the suit alleges that Amazon’s bleaching process harms the environment and that its use of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo misleads consumers about the true deforestation impact of its ...

Thousands of indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon marched through the capital of Brazil to emphasize the crucial role the ...

Since world leaders pledged to halt and reverse global deforestation at the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 in Glasgow an ...

Nobre: This is a synergistic combination of droughts induced by global warming, combined with deforestation in the Southern Amazon—mostly for pastures for cattle ranches. And when those forests go, ...