UNESCO has added two theaters in the Brazilian Amazon to its World Heritage List. The Amazonia Theaters include Theatro da Paz in Belem and Teatro Amazonas in Manaus.

Robson Mura, of the Mura Indigenous community, watches the sunrise at the Moyray village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) LAGO DO ...

Petrobras said it discovered oil and natural gas in the closely-watched Morpho wildcat in the environmentally sensitive Foz ...

Drought affects grain exports and essential supplies in Manaus Sixty-two municipalities in Amazonas state under emergency, over half a million affected Hydropower plants sapped, daylight saving time ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court is set to weigh a series of cases in the coming days that could reshape protections for the Amazon ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil has committed to dredge major Amazon rivers in response to record drought that has lowered water levels and made ship passage, a key ...

AUTAZES, Brazil—In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, workers are preparing to dig a vertical shaft as wide as a subway tunnel half a mile down into the ground. It isn’t gold or oil hidden here in a ...

In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has vanished.