Sawmills that process illegally logged trees from the Amazon rainforest are seen near Rio Pardo, in the district of Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SAO PAULO ...

Brazil's Environment Minister Ricardo Salles speaks with reporters in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Brazil’s Federal Police on Wednesday carried out searches to investigate whether key ...

Illegal Luxury Timber From Brazil's COP State Makes Its Way to US and Europe, Investigation Finds By Alexander Villegas (Reuters) -Almost 2,000 container ships carrying illegally harvested timber from ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Companies that want to buy Brazilian timber without contributing to illegal deforestation have a new tool to help them ensure stolen wood does not appear ...

Peruvian groups carry out illegal logging in Brazil before transporting the wood along tributaries of the Amazon into Peru, unhindered by law enforcement, reports O Globo. The smugglers are able to ...

It sounds like a nightmarishly bad idea: Brazil is auctioning off big pieces of the Amazon to timber companies. But it’s a move that could ultimately save the Amazon from destruction. It sounds like a ...