Amazon Rainforest

Pope Francis opened a synod Sunday to champion the Amazon’s poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities by condemning the destructive “interests”…

The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world…

Wildfires raging in Bolivia’s forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres), officials said Wednesday,…

As evening falls over their Amazon home, the hunter gatherers of the Uru-eu-wau-wau people extract bamboo arrows from the flank…

The Datafolha polling institute found that 29 percent say that Bolsonaro is doing a “great or good” job, down from…

A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil took effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon…

PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AP) — Lingering smoke in the Amazon is reportedly causing increased respiratory problems — particularly among children…

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is willing to accept foreign aid for fighting fires devastating the Amazon rainforest, but only if…

Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French…

The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to…