By Rafael Spuldar In 2022, an illegal road cutting the length of a full marathon through two strictly protected areas in the ...

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) - Leaders of native tribes in Brazil issued a rallying call to protect the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous people from what they called the "genocide, ...

Deep in the Amazon, sound designer Eric Terena has been capturing the sounds of the rainforest while sitting silently beneath the dense, towering treetops with his recording equipment. He has noticed ...

The Belo Monte hydroelectric complex in the Brazilian Amazon. Communities along the Xingu River say the project has reduced river flows and disrupted fishing, food and traditional ways of life. (Bruno ...

It was the season of fire in São Félix do Araguaia—a small, revolutionary town in the heart of Brazil, on the banks of the Araguaia River, one of the country's largest. Here, the Cerrado—Brazil's ...

In October 2023, a delegation of La Gente de Centro — the Andoke (Pɵɵsiɵhɵ), Nonuya (Nonova), Muinane (Féénemɨnaa) and Uitoto (Nɨpode) peoples of the Middle Caquetá River Basin — traveled from the ...

The connectivity of the Amazon’s rivers, lowlands, wetlands and Andean areas is vital for the functioning of these different ecosystems, but it is threatened by hydroelectric dams, mining and ...