In Brazil´s Amazonas state, almost 6,000 riverine dwellers authorized to fish have reported a significant drop in production ...

Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon ’s most successful sustainable ...

Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon’s most successful sustainable economy: the managed fishery for the giant pirarucu, also known as arapaima ...

The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the invention of the ...

As Europe grapples with unprecedented floods and Asia faces the fury of typhoons, a different crisis is unfolding in South ...

The Tapajós River, a lifeline in Brazil’s Amazon basin, has reached historically low levels this year amid an unprecedented drought. The urgent situation made the National Water and Sanitation Agency ...

UNICEF said in Brazil’s Amazon region, more than 1,700 schools and more than 760 health centres have been closed or are ...

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, ...

The Brazilian government said Thursday that forest loss in its Amazon region fell more than 30 percent compared to the year ...

More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is impacting water supplies and river transport, UNICEF said Wednesday.

Forest loss in Brazil's Amazon decreased by 30.6%, reaching a nine-year low, while the Cerrado saw a 25.7% reduction. Despite this, President Lula's government faces criticism for projects potentially ...

After years of delays in protecting the Munduruku Indigenous people from illegal gold mining and mercury use decimating the Tapajós River Basin, Brazil’s independent public prosecutors said there’s ...