Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand ...

SAO PAULO - Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and ...

Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in ...

A Brazilian state was set to close a massive $180 million carbon credit deal, but now faces an escalating legal battle, ...

The South American nation is drawing scrutiny for opening a large swath of ocean to oil companies as it prepares to hold the ...

An Indigenous man protests against the auction of dozens of oil blocks, including blocks near the mouth of the Amazon River, ...

From Lucas do Rio Verde, a major agricultural hub in the state of Mato Grosso, the railway would be built from scratch, ...

Critics fear oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River is a step backwards from Lula’s ‘zero emissions’ goal.

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an ...

“The Amazon’s hydrological cycle is becoming more extreme,” co-author Roel Brienen of the University of Leeds said in a ...

A large-scale federal operation to remove cattle raised illegally in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has triggered ...

Indigenous people and environmental activists protested outside a luxury hotel in Rio de Janeiro where the auctions to sell oil exploration rights took place.