You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire. He now ...

New roads and riverways integrating the Brazilian Amazon and ports on the Pacific coast of South America are expected to be announced in 2025, reducing shipment costs to supply China. Brazil’s plans ...

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

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

Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will raise their standard of living ...

CroisiEurope is building a new luxury river ship that will explore the Brazilian Amazon. The 160-foot vessel—which is the company’s first new-build since 2020—is scheduled to debut in early 2027. It ...

It is perhaps a slightly more niche destination; a stop for river cruises heading into the Amazon rainforest, or for backpackers travelling around every corner of Brazil. Known as the ‘gateway ...

Just months before Brazil is due to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Lula is pushing for oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River, and his government has approved ...

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river. Ahead of ...

At the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil’s most promising oil frontier is at the centre of a dispute between environmentalists and South America’s largest company. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ...

As a result, Brazil has been looking for approval from its environmental regulators to approve oil drilling near the Amazon River to finance a transition to green energy. However, the latest ...

In Brazil’s Amazon, an operation to remove illegal miners ... Munduruku child with a young, yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) in the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land.