STORY: Cattle ranchers in the Amazonian state of Para are looking to fix cattle ranching, one of the world’s biggest drivers of deforestation.:: Para, BrazilIt comes as Brazil’s beef industry evolves ...

The ambitious move, if successful, could be a turning point in the struggle to halt the destruction of the world's largest ...

The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the ...

Brazil, which accounts for large reserves of nickel, graphite, rare earths, lithium and niobium, would be one of the most ...

A record fire season in Brazil last year caused the rate of deforestation to accelerate, in a blow to President Luiz Inacio ...

Latossolos (Oxisols), the soil class of greatest geographical distribution in Brazil, are most prominent in this climate ... limiting its availability to plants (Kämpf and Curi, 2000). The state of ...

Bacteria from the genus Methylobacterium interact symbiotically (endophytically and epiphytically) with different plant species. These interactions can promote plant growth or induce systemic ...

Embrapa, the public agricultural research agency, is committed to combining livestock, crops, and trees to turn around a ...

Tackling monoculture and deforestation in the Amazon, Cuíca is using Brazilian chestnuts to make a plant-based milk that ...

Half of the world's forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West Africa and Southeast Asia. The situation has worsened to the point that, in ...

Brazilian meat giant JBS has come a step closer to its long-held goal of trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s minority shareholders voted on Friday ...