Major soy traders like Cargill, ADM and Bunge announced their withdrawal from the Amazon soy moratorium, a move that could increase deforestation in the biome by 30% by 2045. Behind the exodus are ...

The world's largest isolated tribe reappears in the Peruvian Amazon as illegal logging increases the risk of contact and disease ...

Republic of Congo’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, and Executive Secretary of the Congo Basin Climate Commission, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, during a high-level meeting at Four ...

The supermarkets have urged traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pact.

European retailers urge traders to adhere to commitments after Brazilian lawmakers wreck forest protection pact ...

Environmental groups are raising concerns as major grain traders withdraw from a vital corporate agreement aimed at preserving Brazil's rainforests. The Amazon Soy Moratorium, established to curb ...

SAO PAULO -- For nearly 20 years, Brazil's largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest -- the world's biggest -- wasn't grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as ...

SAO PAULO — For nearly 20 years, Brazil's largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world's biggest — wasn't grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the ...

SAO PAULO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its members are quitting a nearly 20-year-old pact ...

Brazil’s Attorney General has recommended a four-month delay to a state law that will remove tax benefits from crop traders that obey a landmark deal created to protect the Amazon against ...