They found that properties with secure land rights deforested less and were more likely to comply with Brazil's Forest Code, ...

About 40 minutes by boat from the Brazilian city of Belem where this year's U.N. climate talks are being held is a community ...

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong ...

In 2024, Mongabay investigative reporter Fernanda Wenzel traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the Brazilian Amazon ...

Brazil’s quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation’s vast Amazon and Atlantic rainforests for centuries. Today, the quilombolas number about 1.3 ...

Clearing land for agricultural use in Brazil's Cerrado tropical savanna region causes drier weather conditions that ...

The world’s tallest monument dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima was inaugurated in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern ...

U.N. COP30 climate summit host Brazil is pressing nations to pledge to quadruple the global use of sustainable fuels by 2035, including biofuels, hydrogen and biogases, but environmentalists warn that ...