TAILANDIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest. For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil watched guiltily as his ...

PARANAÍTA, Brazil — Cattle are a huge problem. They’re the No. 1 threat to biodiversity and the No. 2 threat (after fossil fuels) to the climate. Their burps, farts and poop are major sources of ...

BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Thousands of indigenous Indians have invaded several farms close to Brazil's border with Paraguay in an attempt to reclaim ancestral land. Brazilian police said the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Thousands of landless peasants took advantage of the Easter holiday to invade 15 ranches in northeastern Brazil, the daily O Estado de Sao Paulo reported Friday. About 2,853 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Indians who occupied ranches they say sit on ancestral lands in western Brazil began leaving most of the farms Monday while the government completes steps to declare the whole ...

A new study shows taxpayer money is helping to prop up the beef industry in Brazil, one of the primary drivers of deforestation in the country. For every dollar of tax revenue collected from the ...

For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil watched guiltily as his industry, feeding soaring global appetite for beef, razed ever more jungle. So, gradually he experimented with ...

Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest. For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil watched guiltily as his industry, feeding soaring global ...