Discover how organised crime and illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest threatens Indigenous communities in Ecuador.

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

Brazilian authorities say they have almost squashed the illegal gold rush that drew thousands of wildcat miners to Yanomami ...

Embattled political systems in Latin America make it difficult for conservationists and environmental policymakers to ...

Reports show it failed (or sabotaged) airspace control and food deliveries to the Indigenous people, who suffer from ...

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Brazil has significantly reduced illegal gold mining in the Yanomami reservation in the Amazon. The operation, led by Nilton Tubino under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has also tackled a ...

At the heart of the Tarkine is Australia's largest tract of cool temperate rainforest, but parts of this awe-inspiring ...

Brazil has almost squashed the illegal gold rush that led thousands of wildcat miners into the Yanomami reservation in the Amazon rainforest and caused a humanitarian crisis of disease and ...

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Nearly 40% of the Amazon's vital climate regions are unprotected, raising concerns about deforestation and the urgent need ...

A government plan to pave a highway in the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns ... such as illegal logging and mining, would likely increase without proper governance in the region, Azevedo ...