Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

As part of the France-Brazil 2025 Season, the Bibliothèque Hergé is hosting the "Art and the Environment" exhibition, created ...

Brazil has struggled with water scarcity from the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands. For the past four years, the ...

An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking ...

Brasilia - Brazilian Environment and Climate Change Minister, Marina Silva took part in the final day of the ‘Renew Our Power ...

The jaguar's future looks increasingly uncertain as Big Agribusiness tears down its home in Brazil's tropical forests to make ...

Like the dengue and Zika viruses, Oropouche virus causes a febrile illness. There are recent indications that infections during pregnancy can cause damage to unborn babies. Researchers at Charité – ...

A recent study scrutinizes 13 major import sectors based on their CO₂ emissions, their impact on deforestation, their use of child labor and producers' standard of living.

head of the pied tamarin conservation committee at Brazil’s conservation agency, ICMBio, told Mongabay by phone. “The pied tamarin has a very small range that sits in the eye of the storm of the ...