Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

By Manuela Andreoni and Ricardo Brito SAO PAULO -Brazilian prosecutors are seeking to annul a $180 million carbon offset ...

Brazilian prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to annul a $180 million carbon offset deal involving the state of Pará, arguing ...

Prosecutors in Brazil seek to annul a $180 million carbon offset plan to conserve the Amazon rainforest in Para. Allegations ...

The Amazon forest adapted to long dry conditions with fewer big trees and slower carbon uptake. Younger trees grew, balancing ...

Massive fires fuelled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on ...

Brazil, which holds the largest share of the world’s tropical forests, lost 2.8 million hectares, the most of any country. It ...

Brazil and Bolivia led forest loss in 2024 as drought worsened fires and land was cleared for large-scale agriculture and ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to ...