LABERINTO, Peru, April 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A s gold prices surge, so has illegal mining in South America, ...

As REDD projects around the world face setbacks, restoration projects in the Amazon are flourishing as a means of reviving ...

As a top fighter in the Featherweight division, Diego Lopes is one to watch in the UFC today. Born in Manaus in the Amazon rainforest, it has been a long journey for Diego Lopes to make it in the UFC.

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

Entering the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, the taxi driver’s warning is stark: “Some of the favelas are so dangerous, even the ...

In Northeastern’s alumni center March 20, editors and contributors shared their personal experiences creating 'Daughters of ...

The effect is that about 10,000 acres of rainforest are being destroyed daily, which is ultimately impacting weather patterns ...

As the concert business soars to new heights, five of its most powerful women have been on a tear. As leading agents across five top booking agencies, Jenna Adler, Lucy Dickins, Samantha Kirby Yoh ...

Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming ...

This bulletin devoted to Global Indigenous Peoples News, part of the Glocal Exchange project of Weave News, seeks to ...