The armed forces, alongside environmental officials, police and other government agencies, began with an operation in a national forest in Rondonia state, near the Bolivian border.

The modern-day wasteland of Antarctica was once home to a swampy landscape full of plants and — probably — dinosaurs.

Paul Paulino Guajajara, also known as Lobo, was ambushed by loggers who wanted to destroy his forest home, Indigenous leaders said.

Deforestation is a problem in many parts of the world, not just the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has promised a military-inspired approach to fighting crime, while vowing to kill laws protecting Indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest.

The prospect of logging in an old-growth rainforest on southern Vancouver Island has generated calls for civil disobedience in the woods.