In January 2023, the Brazilian government declared a public health emergency in Yanomami Land, the largest Indigenous territory in the country. Since ...

COP30, the dark plots of “green capitalism,” the colonization of carbon credits, the false technocratic solutions to the climate crisis, the fight for the recognition of Amazonian indigenous ...

Beneath the thick and unbroken rainforest canopy, there is a growing sense of desperation among the guardians of French Guiana’s slice of the Amazon. Illegal miners, lured by the prospect of untapped ...

The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. The ...

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong. By Somini Sengupta Brad Plumer and David Gelles Reporting from Belém, ...

In his studies, geographer Diosmar de Santana Filho has argued that environmental racism constitutes a crime of racism, above all, because it operates within the institutional framework of the Racial ...

SAI CINZA, Brazil >> Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening ...

This aerial image shows isolated Indigenous people in Acre, Brazil. Image by Gleilson Miranda/Government of Acre. Isolated Indigenous peoples in four Brazilian states—Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, and ...

Protecting Indigenous territories in areas of the Amazon rainforest with high levels of forest cover may help reduce the number of cases of several diseases (including malaria and respiratory ...

If urban communities in Latin America are already concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic, indigenous communities in isolated or distant from urban areas have other equally complex and distressing ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to fast-track nation-building projects to remake Canada’s economy. Indigenous groups want a seat at the table. Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to fast-track ...