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Ibama agent Hugo Loss says he and his team have neutralised mining equipment in Operation Xapiri

At the ACTO summit in Belem do Para, Brazil, leaders from Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana called for cooperation to protect the Amazon rainforest. The “Belem declaration” promised concerted efforts to arrest deforestation, protect Indigenous people’s rights and invite development banks to pool funds for conservation…

Brazilian president says developed nations that over centuries have pumped emissions into the atmosphere must ‘pay their bit’

Editorial: The election of the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has changed the environmental politics of the region. But more international assistance is needed

Donors from industrialised nations were under pressure on Wednesday at a top level conference on the Amazon to do more to help preserve the world's largest rainforest.

Eight South American presidents including Brazil’s Lula say rich countries need to pledge more resources to help protect rainforest

Eight Amazon nations have called on industrialized countries to do more to help preserve the world’s largest rainforest as they meet in a major summit in Brazil to seek to chart a common course on how to combat climate change

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sets out ambitious programme to repair damage done by Bolsonaro and tackle environmental crime

Conclave represents handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power