Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans ...

Known as the ‘gateway to the Amazon’ due to its location on the mouth of the Pará River, part of the Amazon River system, ...

Once a climate champion, Brazil's president Lula is pushing for more oil drilling, even as the country prepares to host the ...

Indigenous peoples in Brazil have won a new right: a share in the profits of hydroelectric plants that cause them harm when built on or near their lands.  This was established in a preliminary ruling ...

They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

At each moment of each day, the Amazon breathes, dances, and sings with an endless variety of plants and animals, many of ...

After naming Gustavo Benetti as its new sales director for Latin America, Swan Hellenic is investing in the markets of the ...

Brazil is home to 12% of Earth’s freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as ...

Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water ...

A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...

Deus e Pai, Tefe, Brazil Deep in the Amazonas region of Brazil, Mayleane Melo leans on her red sofa to ease the pain of a contraction. Her baby is coming. Next to her is Tabita dos Santos Moraes - one ...