This year’s United Nations climate summit, scheduled for November in Brazil, has been designed to make history by bringing world leaders, diplomats and some 50,000 other participants into the heart of ...

Some 52 million hectares of natural land have been lost in the Brazilian Amazon region since 1985—an area larger than Spain.

With fewer than 100 days to go, Brazil is under fire from countries concerned about a shortage of hotel rooms and soaring ...

CASES of a killer virus that can make the body “fold in on itself” have increased in the UK, health chiefs have warned. There were 73 cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that ...

Brazilian environmental agency Ibama and state-run oil company Petrobras have scheduled a disaster simulation in the country's Foz do Amazonas region for the week of August 24, Ibama said on Wednesday ...

Some 52 million hectares of natural land have been lost in the Brazilian Amazon region since 1985 – an area larger than Spain ...

Brazil says the UN talks will stay in the Amazon city of Belém and argues enough beds are available despite a shortage of ...

Petrobras has received authorization for a pre-operational assessment, moving closer to an exploration permit for an environmentally sensitive offshore region in the Amazon basin.

Huge oil reserves believed to lie off the mouth of the Amazon have sparked a bitter debate in Brazil about its role in ...

The Minister of Tourism of Brazil Celso Sabino has met with ambassadors from six Gulf countries in the northern Brazilian city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, to discuss investment and ...

This doesn't just affect the local farmers and families; it also affects shoppers at the grocery store. Prices have already ...

Protecting these places not only supports jaguars and freshwater animals included in the study, but also help safeguard many ...