Canary Media’s Eating the Earth column explores the connections between the food we eat and the climate we live in. PARANAÍTA, Brazil — Cattle are a huge problem.

But Brazil's cattle remain mostly grass-fed, using more pasture and leading ranches to specialize in particular stages of the animals' growth.

After decades of research, the Brazilian government now knows what small farmers need to do instead of clear-cutting. But making the transition will be expensive.

CORUMBAÍBA, Brazil — They appeared at dusk. The day was ending in a pink-and-yellow sky when a cub moved in the grass. Its mother appeared next, red as the earth, small, slender. Krahô-Kanela ...

Deforestation last year rose to the highest level since 2015 in Brazil's Cerrado, prompting scientists on Monday to raise alarm over the state of one of the world's most species-rich savanna.

By bnl editorial staff Volkswagen's Brazilian subsidiary has been ordered to pay BRL165mn ($30mn) in what marks the largest compensation award of its kind in Brazil, after a labour court found the ...

This study aimed to identify, amZuliani, L., Esteves Trindade, P. H., Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa, M. J. 2023. Welfare assessment of horses and mules used in commercial beef cattle ranches in Brazil.

Volkswagen has been ordered to pay $30.44 million in damages for subjecting workers to slavery-like conditions at a Brazilian ranch during the 1970s and 1980s. The company plans to appeal. The ruling ...

Volkswagen's Brazil unit faces $30 million in damages for using slave labor tactics in the 1970s and 1980s. A court ruling ...