James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to ...

Brazil building an 8-mile road through rainforest ahead of COP30. Critics say it threatens biodiversity and encourages deforestation. Officials claim the road predates the climate summit and is ...

The BR-364 federal highway triggered one of the largest deforestation drives in the history of the Brazilian Amazon. Built in the early 1960s through the rainforest, it links Cuiabá, capital of Mato ...

Unallocated public areas account for 28% of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, and the destruction of these lands keeps rising even as rates plummet across other parts of the rainforest. To tackle ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pledged to pave a controversial road in the Amazon, despite warnings ...