BRASILIA, Brazil — The removal of hundreds of cattle raised illegally on public land designated for sustainable forest use in Brazil’s Amazon has sparked protests and divided residents, with some ...

Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

São Paulo-based production company Estudio Escarlate is set to announce a “Chico Vive” (“Chico Lives”) project during this year’s Expocine. The initiative includes the production of a doc and a biopic ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In 1988, Chico Mendes, an ...

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces. Household utensils, furniture, miniature trees and jewelry made with forest seeds ...

A family of pacaranas was spotted on camera traps. A family of pacaranas (Dinomys Branickii) was recorded on video for the first time within the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a 950,000 hectare ...

The leader of the Brazilian rubber tappers movement became internationally renowned for his fight on behalf of his fellows and for the protection of the Amazon forest. Twenty-five years after the ...