Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home - Copyright AFP Pablo PORCIUNCULA Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from ...

XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, ...

A jacket made from smoked latex by Normando photographed at the Brazil Creating Fashion for Tomorrow exhibition in London, June 2025 As COP30 continues in Belém, Brazil, the climate conference is ...

Rubber tapper Rogerio Mendes shows off his Veja sneakers, received as a prize for his work as a young rubber extractor in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 7, ...