With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

Advocates worry Trump's return may reduce US aid for Amazon rainforest protection, impacting Indigenous communities and ...

The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total ...

The private sector is the largest single promoter of conventional development. Its lobbying organizations tend to be ...

Jake Spring joined The Washington Post climate desk in 2025. Previously, he worked as a Reuters correspondent in Brazil and China, served as editor of China Economic Review and covered business for ...

The passport of Jair Bolsonaro, a former far-right president, had been confiscated as part of ongoing investigations.

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country ...

Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia state in the Brazilian Amazon, where gang members have clashed with police, raising concerns ...