A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found ...

Ecuador is a land of extraordinary diversity, where towering volcanoes meet lush rainforests, creating some of the most ...

In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more oil drilling ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

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 ...

“What we’re seeing is a convergence of both legal and illegal interests,” said Vladimir Pinto, the Peru field coordinator for Amazon Watch ... Association for the Development of the Peruvian ...

Peru holds the second-largest share of Amazon rainforest after Brazil, with over 70 million hectares—about 60% of Peru's territory, according to nonprofit Rainforest Trust. It’s one of the ...

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon ...

in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that ...