Peruvian scientist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza joins forces with indigenous communities to protect a disappearing species that is ...

Experience the Amazon Rainforest from above, where vibrant wildlife and dense green canopy stretch across Brazil’s vast ...

Indigenous women leaders don’t only sustain life in their territories; they are also active defenders of water, seeds, ancestral knowledge and biodiversity. Together, they lead environmental ...

When she was just 16, Juma Xipaia of Brazil’s Indigenous Xipaya people gave an interview in which she foresaw a challenging ...

About 200 members of Indigenous groups from Ecuador, Colombia and Peru gathered early this month in Ecuador's Amazonian ...

A new study has challenged previous knowledge on anaconda, the giant snakes that haunt people nightmares.

Machu Picchu has long been the symbol of Peru, but this South American nation is far more than its most famous Inca landmark.

Author: Andrew Hartman, who grew up in Colorado, is a professor of history at Illinois State University. He’s the author of ...

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CDKN is showing that when decision-making and resources flow to local actors, they protect both people and planet; living ...

As the Amazon faces a surge in oil and gas expansion, Indigenous peoples and our allies are calling for the rainforest to be urgently recognised as an exclusion zone for all extractive activities. We ...

The annual UN Climate Change Conference met in the Brazilian city Belém in November. Delegates tripled funds for climate ...