US company RT-One has confirmed the purchase of a plot of land in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with plans to install a ...

A crackdown on illegal cattle herds inside the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in Brazil has hit unexpected pushback that could make this the first area of its kind in the country to allow licensed ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian environment agency Ibama has notified 12 meatpacking plants, including two operated by JBS SA, of an inspection into their alleged involvement in a scheme to buy cattle ...

Brazil ranks among the countries with the largest reserves of rare earth elements. But scaling up the extraction of these metals, used in various high-tech applications and essential to the clean ...

The UN expressed "concern" on Thursday over a bloody attack in northern Brazil that left 13 members of an indigenous tribe wounded, and demanded a rigorous investigation. Handout picture released by ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's indigenous affairs agency said on Tuesday he was fired due to pressure from the agriculture ministry which under President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking to open ...

Leaves dry in the sun to redo the thatched roof of a hand-made adobe home in the traditional Quilombo village of Mamuna, Brazil, in late 2019. Mamuna residents have been under threat from removal by ...

A road that once opened the Amazon to destruction is being expanded, and critics fear history will repeat itself.

Senator Irajá Abreu is renewing his call to legalize land-based casinos in Brazil, arguing the move could generate as much as ...