Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of the most important ecological systems in the world.. More than 50,000 ...

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The Rainforest Foundation estimates that a staggering 13.4 million acres of Brazil's Amazon have burned in 2024. Historic wildfires blanket 80% of Brazil in thick smoke: 'When I go out, I put on ...

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S.

A bird sits in front of the sun, obscurbed by smoke from wildfires in Brasilia National Park, Brazil, on Sunday. Smoke has choked cities while record wildfires and drought have ravaged the region.

Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead. By Reuters. August 25, 2024 12:04 AM UTC Updated August 25, 2024 SAO PAULO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao ...

There were more wildfires in Brazil’s share of the Pantanal, an enormous trove of biodiversity stretching across three countries, between January and June of this year than during the same ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Wildfires in Brazil's southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people, officials said Saturday. At least 36 cities have been put on… ...

SAO PAULO — Wildfires in Brazil’s southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people, officials said Saturday. At least 36 cities have been put on high alert.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening, adding two people had died in an industrial plant ...