Opponents fear that mining will expose the tribe to harmful pollution and hurt tribal unity, while supporters think it will ...

A lawyer has argued in a London Court that global mining giant BHP should be held liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster 10 years ago when a dam collapse released toxic mining waste that kil ...

This is part one of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Part two, ...

Gabriela Vallim reflects on the booming interest in baile funk in the UK, and explains the complex social history behind the Brazilian sound and why it's important to recognise its impact as a tool of ...

A US-based international forest non-profit has announced a partnership with Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples to support conservation, governance, and forest economies in Indigenous lands across ...

Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights on ...

Brandon Winkler felt a little uncomfortable, he said, when he was asked to lead worship on a Sunday morning in Brasilia, ...

IN the modern age, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anywhere on Earth that we haven’t fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet ...

International Women’s Day 2025 comes at a dark time in the struggle for gender equality. As we report in the latest issue of ...

Journalist Alex Cuadros’s latest book, “When We Sold God’s Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon” tells ...