James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to ...

Plans to pave Brazil's highway BR-319 through the Amazon rainforest have raised alarm from environmental groups. A Brazilian road project cuts through the Amazon, paving the way to vast deforestation ...

Brazil building an 8-mile road through rainforest ahead of COP30. Critics say it threatens biodiversity and encourages deforestation. Officials claim the road predates the climate summit and is ...

An illegal dirt road ripping through protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon is now only a few miles shy of connecting two of the worst areas of deforestation in the region, according to satellite ...

An aerial view of the BR-319 highway where it meets the Igapó Açu River in São Sebastião, Brazil, on Sept. 24. The community is a stopping point for travelers and tourists. (Bruno Kelly for NPR) ...

Reporter John Otis along with photographer Bruno Kelly traveled the length of the road, known as BR-319, for this story. BR-319 HIGHWAY, Brazil — This road trip starts on water. That's because the ...