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Pará’s Amazon forest carbon deal in doubt as prosecutors move to block it
The Brazilian state’s contract with foreign governments and companies has run into trouble over concerns it was premature and agreed without consulting Indigenous communities
Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land
Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record
Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right
With the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, Global South countries are showing a path for a livable – and financially sustainable – future
Brazil seeks early deals on two stalled issues at Bonn climate talks
Moving forward work on just transition and implementing recommendations from the Global Stocktake of climate progress are key priorities for upcoming UN negotiations
Global forest loss hits “frightening” record high with climate-fuelled fires
Brazil and Bolivia led forest destruction in 2024 as drought worsened fires and land was cleared for large-scale agriculture and cattle-farming
Brazil calls on local groups to “inspire” governments in boosting climate action
With 90% of countries yet to produce updated climate plans, the COP30 presidency is encouraging grassroots organisations to lead the way
The EU-Mercosur trade deal will harm Brazil’s indigenous communities
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is gone but agribusiness and congress are still a threat to Brazil’s indigenous communities
World Bank body delays vote on controversial loan to Brazilian dairy firm
Campaigners say the $32m loan to dairy firm Alvoar Lacteos could damage forests in Brazil
Lula set to improve Brazil’s climate target
Brazil’s new president Lula is set to improve on the climate target set by his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Reuters sources say
Regulator blocks Brazilian oil drilling, sparking conflict within government
While President Lula’s environment minister Marina Silva supported the decision, Lula ally Randolfe Rodrigues vowed to oppose it
China and Brazil to cooperate in stopping illegal trade fueling deforestation
Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva, met with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping in China and announced new collaborations to control illegal deforestation.
Brazil evicts gold miners from Amazon rainforest
Brazil’s new government is clamping down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest, using satellite imagery to find and destroy mining camps
Biden promises to “work with Congress” to fund Amazon protection
With Jair Bolsonaro out of power, one obstacle to US funding for Amazon rainforest protection has gone – but Republicans in Congress could still block funding.
Lula revives $1 billion Amazon Fund and environmental protections
On his first day in office as Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva signed a package of seven executive orders to protect the environment
Destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado savanna soars for third year in a row
Brazil’s outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro has presided over four years of destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado grasslands
Brazil’s incoming government set to scrap gas pipelines and power plants
Marina Silva, tipped as the next environment minister, tweeted that the planned infrastructure would cost the country $22bn over four years
Lula charms UN climate summit, bringing hope for rainforests
Brazil’s president-elect got a hero’s welcome at Cop27, where he met with climate envoys from the US and China
Brazil election: Lula victory raises hope for Amazon rainforest
Lula has vowed to halt deforestation but analysts warn that a right-wing dominated Congress and political inertia will make it challenging
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Lula will update Brazil’s ‘insufficient’ climate plans if elected: advisor
The former president will prioritise tackling deforestation if he wins the runoff against Jair Bolsonaro, says environment chief Izabella Teixeira
As Brazil’s Congress swings further right, environmentalists pin hopes on Lula
Challenger Lula came out on top in Sunday’s election but it wasn’t enough to avoid a runoff with Jair Bolsonaro, who did better than expected
The fate of the Amazon rests on the outcome of Brazil’s election
Jair Bolsonaro dismantled social and environmental protections. Brazil’s next president must combat illegal activity and restore safeguards
Brazil election: Lula challenges Bolsonaro’s deforestation record, backs oil development
Climate is emerging as a major issue in Brazil’s presidential contest, with both leading candidates promising to protect the Amazon rainforest
Brazilian court world’s first to recognise Paris Agreement as human rights treaty
The Supreme Court ruling requires the Brazilian government to reactivate its climate fund and has implications for international law
Brazil accused of backsliding in updated climate pledge to UN
While the Bolsonaro administration has nominally increased its 2030 target, a baseline shift allows Brazil to emit more than under its first Paris pledge
On the edge of the Amazon, Manoki people grow soy and fight for land rights
In Mato Grosso, an indigenous group that was almost wiped out by white settlers is balancing tradition and modern agriculture to survive
On a mission: Evangelicals flock to the Amazon home of isolated tribes
On Brazil’s border with Peru, evangelical churches are multiplying, in a threat to uncontacted indigenous groups
Months after criminal probes launched, Brazilian environment minister quits
Ricardo Salles is the subject of two police investigations into collusion with loggers illegally cutting down the Amazon rainforest
In Amazon protection talks, US demands action from Bolsonaro
Joe Biden promised to mobilise $20 billion to protect the Amazon rainforest, but negotiations with Jair Bolsonaro’s government are fraught
The net tightens around illegal logging operations in Pará, Bolsonaro’s stronghold
Uruará voted for Brazil’s rightwing president hoping for a more relaxed approach to illegal logging, but enforcement agencies are cracking down