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Brazil will collaborate with the Colombian and Dutch delegations to develop the road map outside the formal U.N. process, with the goal of bringing it back for discussion at COP31.

The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) secured $6.7 billion in sponsor capital at COP30, representing less than a quarter of the $25 billion initially required for a full-scale rollout.

Three environmental moves in Brazil are drawing criticism as the country hosts COP30: a green light for exploratory oil drilling on the Amazon coast, an end to the Soy Moratorium and a push for looser environmental licensing.

AGROTÓXICO mais vendido no Brasil, o glifosato é alvo de ao menos 1.006 ações na Justiça brasileira por danos à saúde de trabalhadores e comunidades vizinhas às plantações, segundo levantamento exclusivo da Repórter Brasil.

A recent study reviewed 95 flawed carbon credit projects registered under Verra, the world’s largest voluntary carbon credit registry.

A recent report estimates jurisdictional REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon could generate up to $20 billion in revenue. However, experts are skeptical that these programs can ultimately address the root causes of deforestation.

A recent study reviewed 95 flawed carbon credit projects registered under Verra, the world’s largest voluntary carbon credit registry, and found signs of systematic flaws with the auditing process.

The world’s largest meatpacker had a long journey to the U.S. stock market, one full of reports of greenwashing and corruption.

A Brazilian state was set to close a massive $180 million carbon credit deal with companies including Amazon, Bayer, H&M Group, and Walmart, but now faces an escalating legal battle, accused of violating national laws and Indigenous rights.

A new report by Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) states that Casino Group’s beef supply chain could be linked to up to 526,459 hectares (about 1.3 million acres) of deforestation in Brazil between 2018 and 2023.

In 2024, Bolivia’s state-owned lithium company signed contracts worth a combined $2 billion with Russian and Chinese companies to mine lithium from Salar de Uyuni in the country’s southwest.

Since 2003, Indigenous organizations have been calling for the establishment of Yavarí Mirim, an extensive reserve for hundreds of isolated Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon.

Trafigura, one of the world’s largest oil traders, has recently invested $100 million to grow 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of forest in the eastern plains of Colombia’s Vichada department.

The Brazilian state of Pará has agreed to sell millions of carbon credits to multinational corporations, including Amazon, Bayer and Walmart Foundation, but many challenges loom.

A Repórter Brasil teve acesso aos “Monsanto Papers”, série de documentos internos da empresa comprada em 2016 pela multinacional alemã Bayer.