The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires ...

Keep reading to find out. The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It is spread across nine countries in South America - Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Bolivia, Ecuador ...

The construction of BR-319 is a contentious issue in Brazil. A government plan to pave a highway in the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from environmentalists who say the development will ...

Extreme drought across Brazil’s Amazon worsens local fears for the future Historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife across Brazil’s Amazon and ...

SANTAREM, Brazil: Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday (Oct 1), after ...

The drought is draining waterways and snarling the transport of grain exports and supplies that are the region's lifeline.

The Amazon rainforest could be reaching an irreversible tipping point beyond which it will decline until "we're just left ...

MANAUS, Brazil - The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and ...

Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country. The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus ...

The Negro river's low level reflects has been caused by a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of Brazil. The level of the river at the port of Manaus was at 12 ...