What are now rich forest areas for harvesting Brazil nuts might wane into an impoverished old age unless harvesters change their ways, warns a large international group of scientists. Brazil nuts ...

José Francisco Conceição started harvesting Brazil nuts on his small family plot in the Amazon forest 32 years ago. It wasn’t until a few months ago that he actually made enough of a profit from his ...

CIFOR scientists are working alongside Brazil nut harvesters to measure the production of Brazil nut trees and determine the impact of selective logging. Photo courtesy of Marco Simola/CIFOR. As ...

Assailed by mosquitoes and wary of snakes, Jorge Lengua walks watchfully through the Bolivian Amazon collecting Brazil nuts from the forest floor. Lengua, 56, wears rubber boots to protect his ankles ...

The Indigenous Zoró people in the Brazilian Amazon have struck a balance between generating income and keeping their forest standing, thanks to the Brazil nut. They harvest the fruit and sell it ...

Brazilian nuts are embedded in the culture of the Wai Wai people, who live across the forested interiors of northern Brazil and neighboring Guyana. Today, Brazil nuts account for the main cash income, ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Brazil nuts, those time-honored holiday stocking stuffers, will continue to help save the rainforest -- as long at least a few of the brown morsels are left behind to grow into ...

Beyond their rich flavor and satisfying crunch, Brazil nuts are gaining recognition for their impressive health benefits. Known for their origin in the Amazon rainforest, these nutrient-dense nuts ...