Indigenous people in Brazil have marched in the capital, Brasilia, to protest what they say are violations of their land ...

Indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest have often been exoticized. A new exhibition challenges these long-held tropes.Across history, European depictions of the Amazon have typically presented ...

Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, the Kichwa people of Pakayaku are quiet yet fierce protectors of the world. According to Mongabay, their mission is to protect their ancestral land from mining, ...

In the southern tip of Colombia’s Cauca department, known as the “boot” for its shoe-like shape, volunteer members of an Indigenous guard patrol their territories in the Andean foothills to protect ...

The Amazon rainforest, often described as the lungs of the planet, is teeming with life. Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled to the tropical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That changed in December, when Babawru — the youngest of the three, in her 40s — gave birth to a boy. Akyp's arrival brought hope ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pugapia and her daughters, Aiga and Babawru, lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts ...

SAO PAULO — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the ...

A U.S. carbon-credit marketing company, a French bank and corporate buyers are looking to invest more than $200 million to support forest-conservation projects throughout the Amazon led by indigenous ...

Babawru, a woman in her 40s, along with her mother and sister, believed they would be the last surviving members of the Akuntsu people Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, the Kichwa people of Pakayaku are quiet yet fierce protectors of the world. According to ...