Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday highlighting the devastation caused by illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian rainforest, and especially its impact on Indigenous peoples in ...

Brazilian beef is responsible for nearly 25% of tropical habitat loss each year. But there is an environmentally and ...

A report from environmental nonprofit Earthsight claims that leather hides sold to luxury fashion brands can be traced back to illegal cattle ranching and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In a ...

BRASILIA, Brazil -- The removal of hundreds of cattle raised illegally on public land designated for sustainable forest use in Brazil's Amazon has sparked protests and divided residents, with some ...

In the Brazilian state of Para, deep in the Amazon, mile upon mile of deforested land flanks the dusty road. Pastureland ...

As Brazil prepares to host the UN’s climate conference next month, its coffee industry is under growing scrutiny for fuelling ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world's largest JBS SA, for ...

It’s especially problematic in Brazil — so much so that the European Union and United Kingdom have placed restrictions on ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nearly 17% of the cattle bought by JBS SA (JBSS3.SA), opens new tab in Brazil's Para state in the Amazon rainforest allegedly came from ranches with "irregularities" such ...

The hoary fox is the only canine endemic to both the Cerrado biome and Brazil; it’s now trying to survive among cattle pastures and soy plantations. Other threats resulting from human contact include ...

Forest destruction has ravaged Triunfo do Xingu, a reserve earmarked for sustainable use that has nonetheless become one of the most deforested slices of the Brazilian Amazon. Fires burned swaths of ...