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Brazilian environmental regulators approved Petrobras to explore three new wells in the Amazon region, following the company's recent successful discovery at the Morpho well site.

Brazil's president has stated that oil exploration in the Amazon region is a "passport to the future," highlighting its potential economic benefits.

Police in five Amazon region countries have arrested hundreds of people and confiscated timber, minerals, and thousands of livestock in one of the largest coordinated operations against environmental crimes.

A resurgence of gold mining activities in Brazil's Amazon region poses a serious danger to the territories and communities of indigenous peoples.

The Brazilian government has pledged 3.1 billion reais ($617.5 million) for ecological investment in the Amazon region, expanding its federal Eco Invest program.

Andrej recounts his extraordinary experience of visiting three countries—Colombia, Brazil, and Peru—in just three hours in the Amazon region, all without needing a passport.

Brazil's vast Grand Carajás project has established the country as a mining superpower, supplying iron to the world. However, communities living in the Amazon region near the mine face significant challenges including pollution, displacement, and silenced histories.

Scientists are issuing an urgent warning about an unprecedented 'mega-dry season' expected in the Amazon region, following a dry season without the usual rains. This phenomenon could force rainforest inhabitants to become climate refugees.

A Finnish researcher has discovered remnants of a lost civilization in the Amazon, potentially housing up to 3 million inhabitants, a finding that could change the understanding of the entire Amazon region.

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has commenced new oil and gas drilling operations in the Amazon region, marking the first such activity in a decade, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva explicitly backing the initiative.

Brazil's prominent Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire has expressed support for President Lula da Silva, even as he continues to protest against a proposed railway project in the Amazon region.

A Colombian air force plane carrying 125 people crashed shortly after takeoff in the southern Amazon region, with 71 individuals rescued from the wreckage.

Fears are escalating in a remote Bolivian village as Brazilian drug gangs intensify their fight for control over trafficking routes, pushing further into Bolivian territory in the Amazon region.

The Amazon region has seen its largest-ever raid targeting illegal logging and poaching, highlighting environmental crimes as one of the most profitable forms of crime in the area.

A new gold rush is posing a significant threat to indigenous havens in Brazil's Amazon region. Indigenous leaders are advocating for the expulsion of miners to protect their ancestral lands.

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has announced the commencement of new oil and gas drilling operations in the Amazon region, marking the first such activity in a decade. The initiative proceeds with the explicit authorization of President Lula.

A military plane carrying 125 people crashed deep in Colombia's southern Amazon region, with at least 48 rescued and one fatality reported.

Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces conducted a joint operation, bombing and destroying a training camp belonging to a FARC dissident faction, Comandos de la Frontera, in the Amazon border region of Sucumbíos.