A rare hybrid population faces an oil frontier with a rescue plan that experts call insufficient.

Smuggled in cars, aboard airplanes, or on sailboats crossing the Atlantic Ocean, tiny golden-furred monkeys are being wrenched from their Brazilian forest homes and trafficked overseas by sophisticate...

Just three months ago, Brazil seemed close to winning the highest level of international trade protections for the country’s symbol and namesake, the Brazilwood tree (Paubrasilia echinata). On Nov. 26...

Just three months ago, Brazil seemed close to winning the highest level of international trade protections for the country’s symbol and namesake, the Brazilwood tree (Paubrasilia echinata). On Nov. 26...

Known for their peaceful appearance and the impression that they’re always smiling, sloths now have extra protection to prevent their exploitation by a cruel and illegal pet trade. CITES, the global w...

It’s not easy to find a sloth in the middle of the forest. They spend most of their time in the tree canopy and are masters of camouflage, thanks to their slow movements and the algae attached to thei...

TERRA NOSSA, Brazil — In 2024, Mongabay investigative reporter Fernanda Wenzel traveled to one of the most dangerous spots in the Brazilian Amazon — a region where a silent land war is destroying the ...

Brazil, which accounts for large reserves of nickel, graphite, rare earths, lithium and niobium, would be one of the most affected countries.

While oil prospects in the Amazon north shore attract international attention, the offer of exploration blocks around Indigenous territories goes unnoticed in Mato Grosso state.

Em 2024, uma operação policial contra o maior produtor de créditos de carbono do Brasil marcou o ponto mais baixo da já longa crise de reputação dos projetos REDD. Grandes empresas que compraram crédi...

Desde 2019, pesquisadores têm utilizado laser e realizado incursões na Amazônia brasileira para identificar árvores gigantes, que se elevam muito acima do dossel da floresta. Além de serem um patrimôn...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the Brazilian Amazon, including the Yanomami and Munduruku Indigenous territories.

As REDD projects around the world face setbacks, restoration projects in the Amazon are flourishing as a means of reviving market confidence in forest-based carbon credits.

“They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a small Indigenous group that had just contacted non-Indigenous society in th...

Dois grandes projetos de carbono na Amazônia brasileira, cujos créditos foram vendidos a empresas como Gol, Nestlé, Toshiba e PwC, podem ter sido usados para lavar madeira retirada de áreas desmatadas...

In May 2024, Mongabay published an analysis that uncovered irregularities in two REDD+ carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon that found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering...

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The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds and contaminates the water with mercury.

According to the Brazilian Federal Police, Bruno Heller is one of Amazon's largest deforesters and relied on legal and technical advice, including a fake contract, bribing police officers, and near-re...

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering.

Experts say the outlook for the next months is even worse, putting researchers on alert for the possibility of Amazon’s worst drought ever.

Following regulatory changes and heavier enforcement of the gold trade, the Amazonian municipality of Itaituba, notorious as Brazil’s illegal gold capital, is struggling to deal with the new restricti...