Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva, told the AP that Trump’s return poses a significant test for U.S. democracy and ...

The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total ...

Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil's federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the ...

Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...