Tropical nations should receive funds from rich nations to save the world’s forests, according to a UK-commissioned report on Tuesday.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday in a national forum here that the Amazon belongs to the Brazilian people.

By Emily Dugan He urged Britain to fight mining interests and warned environmentally conscious consumers in the West against the fashionable practice of buying up tracts of land from thousands of miles away.

By Emily Dugan The leader of an Amazonian tribe pleaded for help yesterday in protecting the forest that is his people's home.

By Branford, Sue; Rocha, Jan An international project to buy large parts of the Amazon rainforest has run up against stiff resistance from indigenous groups.