Last month’s COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, left tropical forest countries frustrated yet again at the tepid promises and lack of urgency from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas ...

Join forces with Brazilian graduate students and be a part of the transformative 'Conservation and Sustainable Development in Brazil's Tropical Forests' class. This class is made possible by ...

A firefighter tries to put out a forest fire in Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso state, Brazil There have been more than 15,000 fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands so far this year, causing widespread ...

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has hit its highest rate in ... The Amazon region holds the largest tropical rainforest in the world and is home to plant and animal species ...

Patrícia Medici is a world-leading expert in Brazil's lowland tapirs.  She is using scientific data to protect these animals, which play an essential role in rainforest ecosystems ...

As host of 2025’s COP30 climate summit, Brazil is working on two complementary finance mechanisms, hoping to reward tropical forest conservation worldwide. Both rely on the concept of investing ...