RIO DE JANEIRO -- A bill to overhaul environmental regulations in Brazil was passed by the country's lower house Thursday, ...

STORY: Brazil's Congress voted Thursday to weaken environmental permitting rules despite fierce opposition from ...

A significant bill to revise Brazil's environmental regulations has been passed by the lower house, drawing criticism from ...

Having returned to the helm of the environment ministry in 2023, on July 2nd she was summoned before a committee in the lower ...

President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has often criticized agencies that enforce environmental laws, and called fines for environmental crimes an “industry” that needs to be abolished.

With environmental laws defanged, deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has surged further this year, rising 25% in the first five months of the year according to preliminary government data ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After a series of measures that weakened Brazil’s environmental laws, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has signaled an about-face, signing a decree Tuesday relating to ...

Environmental regulations depend on different administrative spheres. We contacted by e-mail the Secretariat of Extractivism and Rural Sustainable Development from the Ministry of the Environment ...

Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para ...

As a large agricultural exporter, Brazil has developed a strong awareness of the role agriculture can play in promoting economic growth, social inclusion, and positive environmental outcomes.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium — a landmark ...