Across South America, states only recognize and guarantee the rights of peoples in isolation whose presence has been ...

The Peruvian Mari Luz Canaquiri and her colleagues won a historic ruling that holds the Marañón River as a subject of a right ...

Criminal groups behind are placing the region’s vast biodiversity, fragile ecosystems, and Indigenous ways of life, under ...

In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South ...

Dozens of indigenous nations from different countries are calling for an oil drilling ban in the world's largest rainforest ...

Around the world, other women are leading movements, shaping narratives, and making change happen across communities and ...

Few moments in Pope Francis’ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario ...

We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings.” For Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari of Peru, a winner of ...

Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapo tribe, an indigenous leader, said that Brazil should not explore for oil reserves in the Amazon ...

Though Lula has sought to be recognized as a champion of the world's tropical forests and Brazil's Indigenous peoples, he has ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental ...