Gold rush tears up a patch of the Amazon
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It's a gold rush in the Amazon jungle, driven by the Internet.
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The price of gold soars to a fresh all-time high, driven by the weak dollar and rising oil prices.
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The rate of deforestation of the Amazon has reached a record high, the Brazilian government says.
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Travel: Under siege from oil companies and loggers, the Huaorani of Ecuador are fighting back - through ecotourism.
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By Andrew Hay URUCU, Brazil  - A tower of orange flame risesabove the Amazon jungle, firing the energy goals of theBrazilian government.
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BRASILIA, Brazil - Nearly 9,000 square miles of the Amazon have been destroyed this year, the government said on Wednesday, while an environmental group blamed work on a new highway as the chief reason.
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The price of gold soars to a new record, driven by concerns about inflation and strong oil prices.
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Brazil's flying doctors travel to remote parts of the Amazon rainforest to treat residents of isolated settlements, and to gather intelligence in the fight against illegal gold mining and cocaine trafficking
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The view into Brazil from this Bolivian border city is of an Amazon jungle paradise: an endless green horizon broken only by a patch of urban skyline reflected in a shimmering lagoon.
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The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, prompting a top-level emergency meeting Thursday by Brazilian officials to deal with the problem.
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E-tail leader puts its money at the mouth of the Amazon.
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Aida Edemariam on how the world's biggest oil rush is tearing apart a frontier town in Alberta and its people
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By MICHAEL ASTOR  RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The rate of destruction of the Amazon rain forest is slowing, although ranchers, loggers and soybean farmers are illegally removing thousands of square miles of trees each year, the Brazilian government said Tuesday.
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A symbol of abundance to the rest of the world, the Amazon is experiencing a crisis of overfishing.
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Brazilian authorities said they raided an Amazon plantation where more than 1,000 laborers were found working 13-hour days, in horrendous conditions, cutting sugar cane for ethanol production.
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The mining colony established by Christopher Columbus on his second trip to the Americas began to pilfer its own supply of ore in the face of rapidly deteriorating conditions, according to a new study.
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SAO PAULO -- Landless farmers invaded a mine, a bank , and other corporate property in Brazil yesterday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and President Bush's visit to Latin America's largest nation.