Brazil's luscious landscape has been ravaged by deforestation for over a half-century. And while President Silva has led efforts to end deforestation by 2030, the fight to meet this goal is far from ...

A recent study found that collectors of seeds of native plant species in Brazil lack the legal framework needed to achieve the nation’s large-scale reforestation goal. Last month, Brazil announced a ...

At the rear of Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet from a previously deforested area. The 30,000 trees, planted by non-profit organization Instituto ...

While it's true that a couple in Brazil planted more than 2 million trees over a 20-year period, they reportedly received help from local students and workers to accomplish the task. In 2019, an ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Google has struck its biggest carbon removal deal, agreeing to finance restoration of the Amazon rainforest with Brazilian startup Mombak, as big tech hunts for high-quality ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Google has agreed to finance restoration of the Amazon rainforest in its biggest deal yet for carbon removal credits, as Big Tech hunts for high-quality credits to offset ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Reforestation startup Mombak has secured 100 million reais ($17.8 million) in a deal with Santander Brasil and Brazilian development bank BNDES, it said on Monday, eyeing rapid ...

A few fashion brands have recently hired chief science officers who are tasked with developing cutting-edge new materials. Sneaker startup Cariuma has one devoted to the rain forest. When Cariuma ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A court in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle out of what is supposed to be a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon, ...

AXA IM Alts, which has over 185 billion euros ($208 billion) under management, will take a minority stake in the startup to help scale up operations and technology. Sign up here. Mombak, which is also ...

VEVEY, SWITZERLAND — Nestle SA has partnered with Barry Callebaut to support re.green, a reforestation project designed to span 30 years that involves planting 3.3 million trees of native species from ...