Brazil building an 8-mile road through rainforest ahead of COP30. Critics say it threatens biodiversity and encourages deforestation. Officials claim the road predates the climate summit and is ...

A U.S. carbon-credit marketing company, a French bank and corporate buyers are looking to invest more than $200 million to support forest-conservation projects throughout the Amazon led by indigenous ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

The Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition (BRB FC), an alliance of NGOs, funders and financial institutions, aims to mobilize $10 billion by 2030 to support Indigenous and traditional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A person walks on the BR-319 highway through smoke from a forest fire that reaches Careiro Castanho in Brazil's Amazonas ...

Brazilian and Chinese authorities — including Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Xi Jinping — recently discussed a proposed railway that would connect Brazil’s Atlantic coast to Peru’s new ...

Raoni warns against highways, rail projects and river shipping Leader urges Lula to protect Indigenous lands under law COP30 highlights Indigenous calls for a say in forest management BELEM, Brazil, ...

A new study reveals that if no efforts are made to stop climate change, the dieback of the Amazon rainforest may start within the 21st century. The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest. It harbors ...

The Amazon basin houses over three million species in its rainforest ecosystem, with over 2,500 tree species creating and sustaining this vibrant environment. One in ten known species in the world ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...