By Sarah Derouin The forests of the world are teeming with life, from the towering trees down to the microscopic organisms that quietly recycle and refuel the soil. That’s why clearing forests leads ...

“The land is the greatest asset we have,” said Luzineth Pataxó, a Pataxó leader from the Caramuru-Paraguaçu Indigenous Territory, in the Atlantic forests of Brazil’s Bahia state. “Our people have ...

Renata Piazzon, CEO of the Instituto Arapyaú, is one of Brazil’s leading voices for aligning conservation with economic development, arguing that protecting forests and improving livelihoods must go ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazilian law enforcement destroys equipment used by deforesters. Wallace Lopes / IBAMA Last year Brazil saw its biggest drop in ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will become the first country to announce an investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a multilateral funding mechanism it has proposed to support conservation ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an economic model designed to help locals profit from a ...

A recent study comparing different land tenure regimes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that Indigenous lands and agrarian-reform settlements have greater restoration gains than private properties — ...

Brazil to announce investment at UN meeting on Tuesday China and others show initial support for new funding model Brazil proposing $125 bln Tropical Forests Forever Facility BRASILIA, Sept 19 ...