South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

Traditional people need more financing, better access to energy and improved roads to get their products into the market.

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These state and federal bills, driven by soy producers' pressure, could lead to the Soy Moratorium's collapse in 2025, opening the door for a new and powerful deforestation vector in the Amazon ...

the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation mainly driven by cattle farming has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon sink into a significant carbon source.

The world’s cocoa – harvested from the Theobroma cacao tree, native to the Amazon rainforest – is now mostly produced ... In Ghana and Ivory Coast, the top two producers, these trading houses pre-buy ...

With a GDP of $2.17 trillion (£1.7trillion) in 2023, Brazil is richer than Spain and Poland combined. Spain’s GDP for 2023 was billion)estimated at $1.5 trillion (£1.1 billion), while Poland’s economy ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium — a landmark ...

The 18-year-old moratorium stipulates that traders and oil producers refrain from buying ... that most of the state is covered by original rainforest trees and plants. “We challenge these ...

It’s one of the world’s largest steel producers and the leading exporter ... It’s home to the Amazon rainforest, immense energy reserves, and a massive workforce. With a population of ...

FILE - Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil, on Nov. 25, 2019. BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of environmental ...