When you think of Brazil, you picture colourful carnival goers, Christ the Redeemer towering over tourists, and sunbathers on Copacabana Beach. I would bet that Belém, a city in the northwest of the ...

Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...

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In Sardinha's view, those living in the Amazon are “not being heard” by the Brazilian government. “The state government of Pará had touted the idea of this highway, known as Avenida ...

has not received federal funds from Brazil's efforts preparing the city for COP30, according to the state and federal ...

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans ...

Ane Alencar, science director at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute in Brazil, told Mongabay that the move “lays the groundwork for early preventive action and highlights the need to organize ...

Mongabay went to Pará state’s southwest and found examples of people struggling to keep sustainable initiatives in a region dominated by soy, cattle, gold and logging.