Intensive farming of the popular açaí berry grew by 70% since 2015, while community cooperatives reported losses of 35% or more during recent heat waves and fires. Carla Ruas on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/04/heat...

The government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has launched renewal works for the BR-319 highway, using a new legal loophole to bypass environmental licensing requirements. @nandawenzel.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/04/braz...

A federal court and Brazil’s environmental agency ordered the Belo Monte hydropower plant to revise the Xingu River’s water-sharing plan, a decade after its debut, but a legal stay blocks enforcement of the ruling. @schroder.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/cont...

Critically endangered and found in only one forest patch, the admirable red-belly toad is a symbol of resistance. Mongabay joins researcher Michelle Abadie to see if this tiny hero survived southern Brazil's catastrophic floods. By Thamys Trindade, Felipe Rosa, and Julia Lima. mongabay.cc/EBJVJa

A planned shipping waterway on the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, may disrupt the sophisticated social communication systems used by the Amazon river turtle, a species likely to be endangered. @nandawenzel.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/amaz...

A survey by @reporterbrasil.org.br of mining records found dozens of requests for copper, manganese and nickel targeting land reform settlements in northern Brazil’s Carajás region in the last five years. on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/mini...

Studies warn that climate change could slash hydropower generation across the Amazon by up to 40%, with controversial Belo Monte among the most exposed plants in Brazil. Rafael Spuldar on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/fall...

Alleged last-minute political maneuvers prevented Brazil from securing the highest protections from international commercial trade of Brazilwood at the 2025 meeting of CITES. ✍️ @nandawenzel.bsky.social, Spoorthy Raman, Emmanuelle Picaud on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/02/braz...

As Brazil moves to explode the deep, rocky river territory of the Lourenção Rocks, locals on the Tocantins River say the government’s refusal to recognize them as “impacted” excludes thousands of fishers from protections. Tiffany Higgins for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amaz...

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A pilot project in the Tapajós-Arapiuns Reserve is providing 24-hour electricity through an integrated system of solar panels and river-based hydrokinetic turbines. Jorge Carrasco on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amaz...

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Their abandonment of the agreement signals a “green light” for land speculators to clear rainforest for new soy crops, observers warn. @nandawenzel.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amaz...

Lacking trucks and gear, a Brazilian civil servant now uses WhatsApp groups to direct volunteers who must manually carry river water through dense forest to tackle record blazes deep in an Amazonian town five times the size of NYC. Carla Ruas on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/01/semi...

Com a indicação de 'O Agente Secreto', a ImpedCorp conquista a sua primeira indicação ao Oscar. Leonardo Kluck, nosso querido Neni, que desenhou o antigo site do Impedimento, aparece em uma das cenas do filme Sigam ele no Instagram > www.instagram.com/leonardokluck/

Sustainable pirarucu fisheries in Brazil’s Amazonas are restoring once-depleted populations of this freshwater giant, thanks to community-led management systems and sales to brands overseas. Jenny Gonzales on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/01/cowb...

“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!” Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves. My latest for Zeteo:

New infrastructure projects, critical minerals, fires and novel threats to the Amazon remain looming for 2026 after a year in the spotlight preparing for COP30. Myself for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...

Four public river ports in Amazonas state have been damaged by riverbank collapses in the past decade, prompting concerns about the safety of Amazon port infrastructure. @schroder.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/coll...

Brazil’s Restoration & Bioeconomy Finance Coalition aims to mobilize $10B by 2030 for Indigenous and traditional community enterprises. The goal: restore millions of hectares and replace rigid finance systems with models that truly reach forest communities.

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social] In 2012, Mongabay shifted from ads to a nonprofit model. Mongabay Indonesia showed that journalism could drive real transparency and impact. Leaving ads behind let us focus on public-interest reporting, collaboration and global reach — not clicks.

PEC aprovada a jato. Assim que acabou a COP em Belém. É o rolo compressor contra os povos indígenas para inglês não ver > g1.globo.com/politica/not...

🚨 Metrópoles mostra os jornalistas Guilherme Balza (GloboNews) e Carol Nogueira (UOL) sendo agredidos na Câmara dos Deputados após serem expulsos do Plenário por Hugo Motta.

The Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition (BRB FC), an alliance of NGOs, funders and financial institutions, aims to mobilize $10 billion by 2030 to support Indigenous and traditional communities-led enterprises. Sarah Brown on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-...

Stingless bees (meliponines) are the primary pollinators for the açaí berry, making their conservation crucial for both the Amazon ecosystem and a billion-dollar global industry. @lucas-berti.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/amaz...

Researchers are developing solutions to help Brazil nut collectors in the Amazon Rainforest reduce the physical toll of the trade. @nandawenzel.bsky.social for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...

In April 2026, a new summit in Santa Marta, Colombia, promises to advance on one crucial point the U.N. climate summits have been failing to address after 30 editions: planning the transition to a world without fossil fuels. Carla Ruas on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...

Rich nations blamed operational rifts and budget constraints to hold off funding TFFF, a struggle that reflects a worldwide crisis in climate finance; nearly one-third of the funds raised by global forest mechanisms remain undisbursed. Carla Ruas on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...

Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity. @schroder.bsky.social reports on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/amaz...

In one of the Amazon’s deadliest areas, a group fighting for land was besieged by a dozen armed men hired by ranchers. @nandawenzel.bsky.social explains Brazil's new wave of land reform conflicts on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/video/2025/1...

Three environmental moves in Brazil are drawing criticism as the country hosts COP30: a green light for exploratory oil drilling on the Amazon coast, an end to the Soy Moratorium and a push for looser environmental licensing. Carla Ruas for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/braz...

Brazilian lawmakers are advancing controversial bills to legalize mining on Indigenous lands, where mining bids have already been filed, as the nation positions itself as a key supplier for the energy transition. @lucas-berti.bsky.social for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/crit...

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Mining giant Vale has obtained a preliminary license for its Bacaba project, the first step toward doubling its copper production in the Brazilian Amazon over the next decade. @schroder.bsky.social for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/10/copp...

Recent archaeological findings by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast & complex ancient urban societies. He’s hopeful that new archaeological understanding of the Amazon will challenge centuries of prejudice against Indigenous people & offer answers for the future.

Jane taught us that every day we live, we make an impact. The choice is ours as to what kind of impact it will be. Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Capim dourado, or golden grass, grows in a wild part of the Brazilian Cerrado, the most biodiverse savanna in the world. Through the sustainable management of the grass – harvesting once a year and leaving the plant seeds in the field – artisans are trying to keep their golden treasure safe.

In an interview with Mongabay, Rostain says the ancient Upano Valley culture in Ecuador collapsed due to severe drought, offering a stark warning for the Amazon’s current climate vulnerability. @peterspeetjens.bsky.social for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indi...

Brazil’s President Lula has personally cemented his support for the project and set his cabinet to work out a deal to renew the BR-319 highway, which passes through one of the most preserved areas of the Amazon. Rafael Spuldar for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/09/new-...

Brazil’s government has signed a 30-year contract to privatize a section of the BR-364 highway, a key part of its plan to create an overland corridor to Peru to streamline commodity exports to China. @schroder.bsky.social for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/09/braz...

An investigation by @brunabronoski.bsky.social / @ojoioeotrigo.bsky.social has found that half of the $2 billion Marfrig raised went to buying cattle raised on deforested land and fattened in feedlots linked to its board chair. Read in English on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/09/marf...

Rhett Ayers Butler, Mongabay founder and CEO, has been named in the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders List, which honors 50 global leaders working to combat the climate crisis. This is a milestone in a journey that goes back 25 years to when Butler was a teenager visiting a rainforest in Borneo.

Se o STF quiser as evidências dos crimes, é só acessar o nosso acervo de evidências da necropolítica da covid-19. As provas dos crimes todas reunidas em um só lugar, com todos os dados da fonte, tudo catalogado bonitinho. acervopandemia-souciencia.unifesp.br

The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks. Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and imports, as well as revising the rules governing the fishing of blue shark.

EXCLUSIVO: Fux apoiou em 2014 o julgamento de políticos com foro privilegiado nas turmas do STF, que agora critica para anular processo contra Bolsonaro. Leia aqui na coluna @julianadalpiva.bsky.social, no @iclnoticias.com.br iclnoticias.com.br/fux-politico...

Não que surpreenda, mas Deltan Dallagnol reforça ter zero compromisso com os fatos. Fux não anulou nada; disse no voto que considera que cabe a anulação. Mas mesmo assim está votando sobre o mérito do processo.

Seu Gentil chegou ao Inter com 17 anos, em 1974. E virou uma lenda do clube. 🇦🇹 TÍTULOS: 🏆24x Camp. Gauchos 🏆3x Camp. Brasileiros 🏆1 Copa do Brasil 🏆2x Libertadores 🏆1x Joan Gamper 🏆1x Dubai Cup 🏆1x Suruga Bank 🏆1 Mundial FIFA 🏆1 Sula 🏆2x Recopas Descanse em paz. 🕊️

In 2015, the Wampís of northern Peru did what no other Indigenous people had done in the country’s modern history: They declared themselves an autonomous nation to gain greater control over their territory. To understand why, see 🧵: news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...

A vitória virou produto: o "torcedor-cliente" não está preparado para a frustração | Texto maroto publicado lá no Meia Encarnada ge.globo.com/blogs/meia-e...