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Dozens of people, including three British nationals, had been taken hostage this week by a group attempting to gain attention to a number of recent oil spills in the region

Environmental activists in Brazil and the governments of Norway and Germany on Friday welcomed a supreme court ruling that clears the path for Brazil's new government to relaunch a multibillion euro international programme aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest.

Jair Bolsonaro has been defeated in the Brazilian election against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) to the rejoicing of scientists, environmentalists, and human rights activists in Brazil and beyond. What happens in South America’s largest country is globally significant since, among other reasons, the country contains most of the…

Fund was paralysed when far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wound up two committees in 2019

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu

Brazil’s presidential election result is crucial for the future of the world’s forests. On Sunday, former president and Workers Party candidate Lula da Silva narrowly beat the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro. Deforestation rates had surged under Bolsonaro.

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela held their first bilateral meeting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, where they discussed topics including trade, human rights and protecting the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to reverse the surge in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

In a razor-thin win for new leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, voters kicked out the “Trump of the Tropics” after just one term following a bitterly fought battle between the left and the right