Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ... the Amazon as an open space for Western-style agribusiness and mining with the excuse to occupy the rainforest ...

There’s a chance the gold ring on your finger or the chain around your neck has a link to the prolific destruction of the Amazon rainforest ... of small-scale gold mining in the southern ...

And this will be the first COP in three years not held in an autocratic petro-state. Brazil is a democracy with many vibrant ...

That could help sharpen negotiations, which this year will focus on raising cash to help poor countries adapt to climate ...

Scientists working on Will Smith's new show found a record-breaking anaconda species in the Amazon rainforest ... Anacondas, being specifically adapted to aquatic life, are formidable predators ...

An unusual convoy neared Argentina's lush border with Brazil on Tuesday, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for ...

SURROUNDED by turquoise waters and golden sands, the remote North Sentinel Island is incredibly enticing. But this five-mile-long haven in the Indian Ocean is the one place in the world no tourist ...

However, between being a giant in terms ... home to the Amazon River basin, which consists of the largest river system and rainforest. It’s a huge player in terms of the world economy, and ...

Stretching 40 miles (64km) through rural Bolivia – linking the capital city of La Paz to the Amazon Rainforest – it’s infamous for ... and crosses dedicated to the dead. Sitting atop Iron Mountain at ...