Carla Ruas

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.

Indigenous leaders gathered at New York Climate Week to call on global leaders to address the unprecedented drought and wildfire crisis in the Amazon Rainforest.

Análise aponta que risco dessas condições graves aumenta em cidades com 5% ou mais da área dedicada a plantações.

Una investigación expone la relación entre el uso de pesticidas y el aumento de enfermedades graves entre los bebés de las zonas rurales.

Investigação expõe a relação entre o uso de agrotóxicos e o aumento de condições graves entre bebês do campo.

Research exposes the link between the use of pesticides and the increase in serious health conditions among rural babies.

Pesquisa da Universidade Estadual de Maringá mostra como calor excessivo aumenta chances de acidentes de trabalho, inclusive com mortes; Profissionais no Centro-Oeste, pardos ou amarelos, entre 41 e 60 anos, estão sujeitos a um excesso de risco.

The red siskin has long been sought out by illegal bird traders and breeders due to its unique red-and-black plumage and cheerful song. The endangered species had almost disappeared from tropical South America until a population was recorded in Guyana.

A new report has found that wildlife smugglers employ sophisticated methods to smuggle species from the Brazilian rainforest, including widespread fraud and corruption. Multiple reports of bribery within traffic routes originating in Brazil, including of the public officials responsible for wildlife protection, are also present.

As chuvas que arrasaram o Rio Grande do Sul e levaram a 172 mortes foram fortemente influenciadas pelo aquecimento global e pelo fenômeno natural El Niño. Um relatório publicado nesta segunda-feira (3) pelo WWA (World Weather Attribution) concluiu que cada um deles duplicou as chances de precipitação histórica.

On Wednesday, May 4, muddy waters flooded the streets of Muçum, a municipality with four thousand inhabitants in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. Euclides Ferreira dos Santos, 75, and his family knew what to do.

Na quarta-feira, 4 de maio, uma água lamacenta tomou conta das ruas de Muçum, município do interior do Rio Grande do Sul. Foi a terceira vez em menos de um ano que as famílias da cidade perderam tudo.

In March, the Federation of Kukama Indigenous Women in the Parinari district of Loreto won a lawsuit against the oil company Petroperú and the Peruvian government, protecting the Marañon River from oil pollution.

A recent study has found that monkeys trafficked in Peru are spreading viruses, parasites, and bacteria to humans all along the trafficking route. These pathogens can lead to tuberculosis, Chagas disease, malaria, gastrointestinal ailments, and other human diseases.