O ministro destacou que o Supremo não está analisando as provas obtidas no processo, mas a conduta do advogado de defesa do réu e do juiz instrutor do caso, que tiveram uma “atitude profissional lamentável e criminosa”. www.cartacapital.com.br/justica/stf-...

meu mais recente frila para a @mongabay.com sobre as estratégias de pequenos grupos de garimpeiros que permanecem na Terra Indígena Yanomami, apesar da queda expressiva de invasores desde que o governo federal desencadeou operações no território > news.mongabay.com/2026/06/ille...

A newly published study has found a 28% decline in bird species richness in Amazonian areas with high densities of açaí palms. Suzana Camargo on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/06/grow...

Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld a law removing 862 hectares (2,130 acres) from Jamanxim National Park, clearing a legal obstacle for the proposed Ferrogrão grain railway. @schroder.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/06/braz...

A Copa do Mundo não é bem-vinda no país de Trump Quando um país não está disposto a receber o mundo, pode até colocar os gramados à disposição, mas não vai conseguir sediar uma Copa de verdade. Texto de hoje no Meia Encarnada ge.globo.com/blogs/meia-e...

A new report warns that oil, gas, and illegal mining threaten isolated Indigenous peoples in the Peru-Brazil Yavarí-Tapiche corridor. Industrial concessions overlap with 10% of the 16 million-hectare area, risking forced contact, habitat loss, and disease. @aimeegabay.bsky.social reports.

Brazil’s environmental agency approved oil drilling off the mouth of the Amazon River, even though oil company Petrobras considers it “unfeasible” to rescue large animals like manatees in the event of an oil spill. @nandawenzel.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/06/amaz...

A two-decade study conducted in the southeastern Brazilian Amazon found that while degraded forests show high ecological resilience and no sign of transitioning to savanna, species diversity at forest edges halved. Suzana Camargo on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/05/amaz...

Golaço.

The measure impacts IBAMA’s raids and risks reversing the system that halved Amazon deforestation under the Lula administration. @nandawenzel.bsky.social on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/04/braz...

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-...