By Constance Malleret Twenty years ago, a meeting of scientists that included Brazilian climatologist Carlos Nobre coined the ...

Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump administration used last week to justify additional tariffs on the ...

The events underscore the challenge of balancing conservation, Indigenous interests and pressure from agribusiness, one of ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A fishing boat sails at the mouth of the Uaca River, in the Uaca Indigenous Territory region, near the mangrove and ...

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia's president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon.

Brazil’s antitrust regulator suspended a key mechanism for rainforest protection, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, on Aug. 18, less than three months before the nation hosts the COP30 climate summit. The ...

A major geographical wonder in South America, the Amazon River flows some 4,000 miles from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast, making it the second-longest river in the world. Amazon River cruises ...