Mato Grosso is Brazil's top grains producer The destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached its ... by illegal logging and the encroachment of agriculture in the jungle.

The fires are a direct result of soaring deforestation – often carried out to illegally claim land and to clear and prepare areas for cattle farming and agriculture ... where the rainforest is unable ...

As Brazilian authorities prepare for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in November in Belém, constructing a new four-lane highway - Avenida Liberdade - through the protected Amazon rainforest has ...