Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans ...

Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has been home for centuries to ...

A Brazilian biologist is now working to make the rainforest safer for the many primate species that call it home, CNN ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil ...

When you think of Brazil, you picture colourful carnival goers, Christ the Redeemer towering over tourists, and sunbathers on ...

They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a ...

A post circulating on social media (here, here, and here) features a photo showing a sharp divide between a city and a lush ...

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A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...

Brazil has declared a nationwide environmental emergency to prevent another devastating fire season in 2025. In 2024, record-breaking blazes scorched millions of hectares of native vegetation in the ...

Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...

BELEM, Brazil, March 14 (Reuters) - The Brazilian state hosting a United Nations climate summit this year has denied any connection between a new road cutting through a protected area of Brazilian ...