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In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha valley, communities share how to reduce lithium mining impacts

Eucalyptus for Brazil’s steelmaking dries out communities in Minas Gerais

Indigenous delegates at the U.N. raise alarm on isolated peoples in the Amazon

Amazon illegal miners bypass enforcement by smuggling gold into Venezuela

Fake documents, real deforestation drive global trade in illegal Amazon timber

Back to the skies: the unlikely comeback of one of Brazil’s rarest parrots

Illegal gold mining creeps within a kilometer of Amazon’s second-tallest tree

Mongabay investigation spurs Brazil crackdown on illegal cattle in Amazon’s Arariboia territory

Nature protection is part of fundamental law in Amazon countries

For scandal-ridden carbon credit industry, Amazon restoration offers redemption

What pushes Indigenous Munduruku people to mine their land in Brazil’s Amazon?

Brazil is speeding-up forest fire prevention to avoid dangerous tipping points in the Amazon (commentary)

After outcry, Brazil Supreme Court nixes proposal for mining on Indigenous lands

Despite improvements, governance in the Pan Amazon falls short

Groundwater overuse puts Brazil’s river flow at risk, study finds

Longer periods of drought threaten Brazilian amphibians

Brazil plans new Amazon routes linking the Pacific & China’s New Silk Road

Expedition links Antarctic glacial melting to climate catastrophe in Brazil

Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation

‘Unprecedented’ Supreme Court bill threatens Indigenous rights in Brazil

Planned port project threatens protected Amazonian mangrove biodiversity and local livelihoods

Officials share strategies to stop spread of illegal miners from Munduruku land

The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot

A tale of two cities: What drove 2024’s Valencia and Porto Alegre floods?

Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku Indigenous land sees success, but fears remain

Brazil’s Lava Jato investigation: the biggest corruption scandal of the last decade

Forest management ambitions in Brazilian Amazon aim to make up for lost time

Will Brazil’s President Lula wake up to the climate crisis? (commentary)

Brazil communities accuse companies of ‘green grabbing’ for wind energy

Brazil’s SUDAM scandal, a case of government-backed deforestation

Clash of worlds for the Amazon’s Cinta Larga: Interview with author Alex Cuadros

In a seasonally flooded Amazon forest, jaguars take to the trees

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