Leonardo DiCaprio shared a rare glimpse of his recent trip through South America, praising the people working to protect the ...

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to weigh a series of cases in the coming days that could reshape protections for the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous communities that depend on it. The cases span ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay interviewed Kari Guajajara, a lawyer and the first Indigenous person to obtain a law degree in Brazil’s state of Maranhão, to hear her ...

By Aimee GabayElisângela Mendonça Nearly 200 people have invaded the Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land in Brazil’s Pará state since ...

Raoni warns against highways, rail projects and river shipping Leader urges Lula to protect Indigenous lands under law COP30 highlights Indigenous calls for a say in forest management BELEM, Brazil, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, recently released unprecedented images of a group of nine men from an uncontacted tribe in the Massaco ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- An Amazon Indian attack on prospectors who were illegally digging for diamonds on a reservation in northern Brazil may have killed as many as 35 people, officials said ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury ...