Brazil’s plan to blast the Tocantins River for soy exports sparks fears of biodiversity loss, displacement, and deforestation ahead of COP30.

Some researchers suggest the Amazon may stretch up to 6,992 km from Apacheta Creek to the mouth of Marajó ... It flows ...

Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome ...

In the Amazon, traditional communities and small producers use fire culturally. However, the main offenders in razing trees are large farms, followed by illegal miners, said Cristiane Mazzetti, forest ...

Tree loss in the Amazon rainforest has declined for the fourth consecutive year, a boost for the country hosting COP30.

As the world’s attention turns toward COP30 in Belém next month, the story of Brazil’s Amazon is shifting—though not quite in ...

Annual deforestation in Brazil's portion of the Amazon rainforest dropped 11 percent year-on-year, the government said Thursday, just days before the country hosts UN climate talks.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest decreased by 11.08% over a year, hitting an 11-year low. This development comes ...

Brazil’s government says deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the year through July 2025 to its lowest level in nearly a ...

Key issues for COP30 include limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, climate finance commitments, and the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations. The SMC asked experts, including a ...

More people in Southeast Asia are dying from heat worsened by deforestation than in the Congo or Amazon rainforests, despite ...