Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...

Tropical rainforests represent one of our planet’s most critical natural assets in the fight against climate change, storing approximately 25% of all terrestrial carbon despite covering just 6% of ...

Brazil’s most important environmental legislation is on the chopping block again, with politicians in the country’s lower chamber proposing to alter it by claiming it impedes economic growth. Brazil’s ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Brazil has made good progress in safeguarding the Amazon rainforest but Indonesia's plans for its forests could face setbacks under a new government, a report commissioned by top ...

Forest destruction in Brazil and Colombia fell "steeply" between 2022 and 2023, according to data from the University of Maryland's GLAD Lab that has been shared on the World Resources Institute's ...

MANAUS, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, on the margins of the G20, a group of public and private sector leaders launched the Brazil Restoration & Bioeconomy Finance Coalition (BRB Finance Coalition) ...

Brazil’s climate conversation has a habit of returning to the same question: how can a country that depends so much on its natural riches also protect them? Renata Piazzon, who leads the São ...

FILE - The Trans-Amazon Highway crosses a deforested area near Humaita Amazonas state, Brazil, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s environmental goals suffered ...

BRASILIA – Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressure from cattle ranchers and soybean growers to cut down trees and expand agriculture. Their ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the opening of the Environment plenary session of the Brics summit at the Museum of Modern Art. Tomaz Silva/Agencia Brazil/dpa Brazil plans ...

BELÉM, Brazil — Brazil’s big climate finance bet, the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), attracted $6.7 billion in sponsor capital at COP30, below the $25 billion initially required to roll out ...