Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published Wednesday showed, after the vast biome suffered months of a lengthy drought.

In the Amazon, specifically in the Madeira River region, particularly in Itacoatiara, large ports have operations focused on grain, container transport, and fuels destined for Manaus.

In Brazil, the Amazon is experiencing wildfires on a massive scale, affecting the largest area of forests in 17 years. From January to December 2024, over 137,000 forest fires were recorded.

Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit ...

Through technology, we get to observe a number of species and behavior types we’d never be able to monitor by natural means. ...

New technologies, bio-jewelry, and innovative decorative items using Amazon raw materials are expected ... said on EBC radio broadcast Voz do Brasil that, in addition to the initiatives by the ...