Indigenous leaders from across Latin America have embarked on a flotilla from the banks of the Napo River in Coca, Ecuador, ...

The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a three-week operation that provided medical care to the Amazon's Guajajara tribe hit by COVID-19, in response to criticism that Brazil was not protecting ...

An Indigenous patrol has emerged in the Javari Valley to protect a forest and its people.

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao defended mining on indigenous reservations on Monday, saying the constitution allowed for that though regulations are needed to ensure miners pay taxes to the ...

When a C-47 Skytrain crashed in New Guinea’s remote jungles, three survivors and their rescuers faced an impossible problem: no runway, no road, and no way out. What followed was one of the wildest ...

The morning mist still clung to the hills when Nanita Jadhav heard the tempo truck approaching her tiny hamlet. At 12 years old, she has learnt to be wary of outsiders coming to their remote corner of ...

Brazil’s fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro ...

SAO PAULO -- A surge in methanol poisoning cases in Brazil has prompted police investigations, stoked public fear and altered drinking habits in recent days. The Health Ministry said Friday it had ...

India recorded 27,721 cases of murder in 2023, less by 2.8% from 2022, while crimes against Scheduled Tribes rose by a staggering 28% during the same period, latest data from the National Crime ...

Turenscape - Sanya Mangrove Park, cidade de Sanya, China. Image Courtesy of WAF Born a "peasant's son" in a small village in Zhejiang Province, Yu recounts being deeply influenced by the relationship ...