Far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has presided over record deforestation of the Amazon. As his reelection campaign begins, the fate of a critical global ecosystem is on the ballot.

Jair Bolsonaro is rejecting $20 million in immediate aid funding pledged by world leaders at the G7 summit to fight fires in the Amazon.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has unveiled a sweeping plan for the Amazon rainforest that would open indigenous lands to mining -- a "dream" for the far-right leader, but a "nightmare" for ...

At an Amazon fire meeting, President Jair Bolsonaro and 7 out of 9 state governors pressed forward with plans to open indigenous areas to mining and agribusiness.

Bolsonaro Doesn’t Want to Save the Amazon. He Just Wants to Extort the Countries That Do. In theory, wealthy nations should pay to stop deforestation in Brazil. But Bolsonaro can’t be trusted ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk meets with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest.

Critics link this year’s Amazon fires, especially in protected forests, to illegal deforesters emboldened by rightist government’s lax enforcement.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is considering sending the army to tackle the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest.

The inauguration of Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has triggered fears that rates of deforestation in the Amazon will increase. There are indeed good reasons for concern about Bolsonaro's ...

The Biden era has prompted Brazil to take steps to repair its record as an environmental scoundrel — for which it’s seeking billions of dollars from the international community.

As world leaders take the virtual stage at the UN General Assembly, they have highlighted the coronavirus pandemic and the inexorable warming of the planet. For Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ...

Destroying the Amazon to stimulate the economy in the short term, as Mr. Bolsonaro proposes, will only displace more small farmers, nut gatherers and fishermen toward the peripheries of cities ...