Brazil

Indigenous Land Rights Are Critical to Realizing Goals of the Paris Climate Accord, a New Study Finds

Tribal lands studied sequester far more carbon than non-Indigenous regions. Yet Indigenous’ rights are often ignored and the forests the tribes protect are exploited or lost.

By Katie Surma

Backed by International Investors, Mining Companies Line Up to Expand in or Near the Amazon’s Indigenous Territories

By Katie Surma

The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault

By Georgina Gustin

COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing

By Bob Berwyn

In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation

By Georgina Gustin

Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are

By Katie Surma

Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity

By Katie Surma

Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down

By Georgina Gustin

As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal

By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz

Climate Summit ‘Last Chance’ for Brazil to Show Leadership on Global Warming

By Augusta Saraiva

US Forest Report May Fuel More Deforestation in Brazil

By Stacy Feldman

Deepwater Concerns Delay $25Bn Stock Offering of Brazil's Oil Company, Petrobras

By Guest Writer

China, Germany Lead the Race Toward a Low-Carbon Economy

By Dave Levitan

Food Sovereignty: New Approach to Farming Could Help Solve Climate, Economic Crises

By Max Ajl

BASIC Bloc Latest Countries to Brush Off Copenhagen Accord

By Stacy Feldman

One Change Could Cut Brazil's Carbon Emissions in Half

By Max Ajl

Forests Loom Large at Governors' Global Climate Summit

By Leslie Berliant