Environment

Burning the trees to raise cattle in the Brazilian Amazon

The Price of Fighting Land-grabbing in the Amazon Can Be Your Life

Maria Marcia Elpidia de Melo hasn’t seen her son Elmiro for more than six ...

Voluntary firefighter tries to rescue cow entrapped in the mud in Brumadinho

No Lesson Learned One Year after Brazil’s Catastrophic Dam Collapse with 270 Deaths

On Friday, January 25, 2019, most of Helena Taliberti’s family was swept away within ...

Fires burning in the Amazon forest at the end of August 2019, in Porto Velho, Rondônia - Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace

Worried About Brazil Amazon’s Fires? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

The number of fires this year in the Amazon is the highest since 2010, ...

June alone saw the loss of 920 square kilometers of Brazil's Amazon forest

Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon Deforestation Up 90%

Clear cutting in the rainforest has gone up 88% in June compared to the ...

Brazilian president flies over Brumadinho dam after collapse. Isac Nóbrega/PR

34 Dead and 300 Missing After Another Dam Collapses in Brazil

Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 300 missing people after a dam burst at ...