Indigenous peoples play a critical role in protecting nature and stemming biodiversity loss worldwide, yet their perspectives ...

The inauguration of Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, is the latest milestone in a broader shift toward conservatism ...

As the country moves to intensify mining and oil operations, environmental and Indigenous leaders’ bank accounts are being frozen or closed. Such “debanking” cuts them off from financial support and ...

Spiritual leader of the Ashaninka people in Brazil, Benki Piyãko has been promoting reforestation, environmental education, and the transmission of indigenous knowledge for over 15 years, becom ...

Peru consolidated a cooperation partnership with Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom through the signing of the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) for the protection of Amazonian forests.

New research suggests seabird guano helped transform the Chincha Kingdom into one of the most prosperous societies in ancient Peru. Chemical clues in centuries-old maize show farmers fertilized their ...

The Amazon River begins as capillaries of water trickling down the eastern slopes of the Andes. The waters flow, gathering ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, advancing along remote rivers and into Indigenous territories as experts warn of a widening environmental and ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is ordering Peru to pay compensation for a woman’s death tied to a forced ...

The 21st Durango Independent Film Festival is in full swing, and Saturday at Durango Arts Center, Native Lens will screen its ...

Featuring projects with “Narcos'” Alberto Ammann and “The Eternaut” star Cesar Troncoso, plus Catalina Sopelana, who broke out in “The Crystal Cuckoo” and “The Gardener,” and Jaime Vadell, Pinochet ...

Did you ever wonder … How the bar code and the scanner came into existence?What if a local restaurant that seemed real wasn’t?How the casino affected the ...