On Nov. 7 in Brazil, Indigenous people from the Tupinambá and other ethnic groups occupied the Tapajós River with small boats for several hours, halting barges carrying soybeans and other commodities ...
BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -At 93 years old, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire is urging Brazil to empower native peoples to preserve the Amazon rainforest and has warned that plans to build ...
Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...
From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BELEM, Brazil — Brazil set out to host this year’s United Nations climate talks with a promise to spotlight ...
Indigenous-held Amazon forest absorbs more CO2 than it emits Other Amazon areas have become a source of planet-heating gases Protecting land from forest loss could avoid tipping point RIO DE ...
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, ...
Brazil's top court struck down a law on Thursday that limits Indigenous people's rights to their ancestral lands, the latest twist in a long legal battle over native territory. Land rights for ...
IMPERATRIZ, Brazil Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a three-week operation that provided medical care to the Amazon's Guajajara tribe hit by COVID-19, in response to ...
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity ...
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil set out to host this year's United Nations climate talks with a promise to spotlight Indigenous peoples whose way of life depends on the Amazon rainforest. Those groups are ...