By Adriano Machado, Ana Mano and Roberto Samora MIRITITUBA, Brazil, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Truck drivers in Brazil are facing unusually long delays to deliver soybeans at the Miritituba port terminal in ...

Brazil has revoked a presidential decree that placed sections of three Amazonian rivers — the Tapajós, Madeira and Tocantins — under a state-led privatization program. Indigenous groups had protested ...

Brazilian government has U-turned on decree that could have harmed vital rivers and waterways for Indigenous communties ...

ITUPIRANGA, Brazil (Reuters) -A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in the eddies during the waxing moon. For most of ...

The Tocantins-Araguaia waterway is one of the Brazilian government’s priority projects for transporting soy, corn, meat, minerals and other commodities to ports in the Amazon Rainforest. The project ...

Brazil plans to dredge parts of the Amazon River after water levels reached a record low, endangering vital trade routes. Authorities say an artificially deeper river will restart the steady flow of ...

International Rivers' analysis of challenges facing communities in Brazil offers innovative solutions for protecting nature and human rights. International Rivers is an environmental and human rights ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. A night fishing trip 30 years ago showed Brazilian public health doctor Apolo Heringer the meaning of health: a clean river full of fish — a notion ...

SAO PAULO — A major river in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo is suddenly emerald green and clear skies this week turned from blue to grey. In the late afternoon, the sun’s rays filtering through ...