Farmers in north-central Brazil, where the savanna meets the Amazon rainforest, are clearing land at an unprecedented rate. The government hasn’t stopped the cutting, partly because it is using ...

Publication of a new map showing all the above-ground biomass in the Brazilian Amazon is good news in the context of the severe crisis afflicting the world's largest contiguous tropical rainforest.

Brazil is the largest country in South America. It shares a border with 10 different countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. Its coastline lies alongside the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is the ...

A new study divides Brazil into 48 zones, each defined by its climate and soil conditions. Restoration projects can use these ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Lucas George Wendt arrived in Lajeado in late May, the water had ...

Publication of a new map showing all the above-ground biomass in the Brazilian Amazon is good news in the context of the severe crisis afflicting the world’s largest contiguous tropical rainforest.