Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally ...

STORY: Scientists in Brazil are using forensic technology to analyze what's being called “the DNA of Brazilian gold” as the ...

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to ...

Gold is difficult to trace, especially once metal from different sources has been melted together. Investigators say this is changing.

According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.

Brazil will host the 2025 UN Conference of Parties (COP) climate summit in the Amazon rainforest and focus on “challenges” and “success stories.” Analysts can find both in actions by the ...

An oceanographer's technical assessment commissioned by the Federal Prosecutor's Office and dated Oct. 1 said extreme weather events such as recent droughts in the Amazon could create ...

Policy changes in Brazil that have disincentivized deforestation of the Amazon for agriculture are credited with reducing hospitalizations and wildfire deaths by the ...

In 2023, deforestation rates fell by 62 percent in the Amazon and 12 percent in Brazil overall (though deforestation in the Cerrado, Brazil’s tropical savannas, increased). So far in 2024 ...

The latest wave of migration to the Amazon countries was sustained by a new process of colonization. In Brazil, Operação Amazônia used land grants, tax exemptions and a progressive land tax ...