Environment

Forest on fire in Brazil

Brazil to Privatize Amazon’s Deforestation Monitoring. Deforesters Applaud

In the midst of the intense political turmoil unfolding in Brasília, a government move ...

The golden lion tamarin is an endangered species native of Brazil - Eric Gevaert

Surprise! Brazil Gets New National Park and Sees Another Three Parks Expanded

In the midst of a delicate political moment, Brazilian president Michel Temer signed a ...

Chief Geraldo Apurina, wife and children in front of their house - Chris Arsenault/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil

Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...

A beetle from Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Sense of Impunity Leads to 60% Increase in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Deforestation

On May 29 the NGO SOS Mata Atlântica and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas ...

Xingu river, in the Brazilian Amazon - Photo: Paulino Menezes

Brazil Wishes to Double Number of Foreign Tourists It Gets. But This Will Be a Tough Sell

Brazil, South America’s largest nation, has many natural and cultural treasures that are popular ...

Caboco on a fishing trip - Photo by Maximo Anderson

In a Brazil Where Worst Is Always Coming to Worst, These Men Stand Their Ground

Brazil has made headlines recently for almost entirely negative reasons — whether it is ...

Cutting down the Amazon - SEMA

Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon

From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...