In Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, the country’s agricultural heartland, vast stretches of lush Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna give way to seemingly endless fields of soy. Located in a transition ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian countryside near the town of Novo Repartimento. She's ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday highlighting the devastation caused by illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian rainforest, and especially its impact on Indigenous peoples in the ...

XINGUARA, Brazil -Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth – and some trouble. His family's immense farms were accused of submitting ...

Tainted Beef, Hides, from the Amazon May Have Been Exported to the EU Illegal cattle ranching has devastated territories of small land holders and Indigenous peoples in the Amazon region that will ...

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has assured residents that his administration will replicate Brazil’s agricultural model, particularly in ranching, as part of efforts to boost food ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Spurred by a yearlong investigation by Mongabay, a federal crackdown has removed up to 2,000 illegal cattle from Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous ...

A report from environmental nonprofit Earthsight claims that leather hides sold to luxury fashion brands can be traced back to illegal cattle ranching and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In a ...