Selective forest cutting in the Amazon is on the rise, according to data released on Friday by the Brazilian government. INPE reported a 77% increase in the rate of cutting that’s typically associated ...

Loggers have entered the Trombetas River Biological Reserve in Oriximiná, in Brazil’s Pará state, to develop a forest management project that has divided the local Quilombola community. The reserve is ...

Brazilian environmental agents this week shut down schemes involving hundreds of companies the agents said were covering up illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, according to government documents ...

BRASILIA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agents this week shut down schemes involving hundreds of companies the agents said were covering up illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agents this week shut down schemes involving hundreds of companies the agents said were covering up illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, according to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A mob of about 3,000 people attacked government offices to protest a crackdown on illegal Amazon logging, the government said on Monday, prompting the environment minister ...

Police launched raids across Brazil on Thursday targeting environmental protection officials and companies allegedly involved in illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. The raids coincided with a ...

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