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BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from ...
Having returned to the helm of the environment ministry in 2023, on July 2nd she was summoned before a committee in the lower ...
Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has signed a landmark agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink to limit the use of its satellite internet service in illegal mining and other criminal operations in the ...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National ...
Journalist Dom Phillips sent a heartbreaking final message to his sister before he was murdered in The Amazon - now she's ...
Brazil is a land of breathtaking beauty, vibrant culture, and awe-inspiring landscapes that few countries can rival. From the ...
ALTAMIRA, Brazil — Isolated indigenous tribes, three-toed sloths and stealthy jaguars still populate this corner of the Amazon rain forest. But now, it is also the home of something else.
People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off-limits to motor vehicles.
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 ...
The Poverty Rate in the Amazon Is Way Above Brazil’s Average Share of the population with a per capita household income of less than $6.85 per day, equivalent to $65 per month in 2022 values.
When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden offered Brazil $20 billion last year to protect the Amazon, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rejected it with scorn. Now, Brazilian activists worry ...
BRASILIA, Brazil — After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the ...