Deforestation last year rose to the highest level since 2015 in Brazil’s Cerrado, prompting scientists on Monday to raise alarm over the state of the world’s most species-rich savanna, a major carbon ...

PARANAÍTA, Brazil — Cattle are a huge problem. They’re the No. 1 threat to biodiversity and the No. 2 threat (after fossil fuels) to the climate. Their burps, farts and poop are major sources of ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday highlighting the devastation caused by illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian rainforest, and especially its impact on Indigenous peoples in the ...

TAILANDIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest. For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil watched guiltily as his ...

Matheus Sborgia, a Brazilian chef, decided to bet on regenerative agriculture after inheriting his grandfather’s cattle ranch in the heart of the Cerrado. Sborgia embraced the idea of holistic ...

Amid growing pressure for beef supply chains to be deforestation-free, a new certification system in Brazil will allow ...

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Before her husband died, Katia Abreu was a housewife who didn't know a cow from a bull. Today, she is a powerful rancher and senator who was named Brazil's next agriculture minister, a choice that has ...

Valued at over $4 million, the Brazilian Nelore cow dominates Brazil’s lucrative beef industry. A female calf enters an auction during the ExpoZebu Cattle Fair. This cow, a prestigious Nelore breed, ...

TAILANDIA, Brazil, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest. For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil watched guiltily ...