For the first time in the history of UN climate conferences, COP30 will take place in a rainforest. President Lula da Silva ...

President Lula's government recognises 10 new Indigenous lands in an effort to protect their culture and environment.

Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.” This story is part of Covering ...

How do you police the world's biggest tropical rainforest? Faced with deadly violence, indigenous people have set up their ...

Ocara-Açu, a vast precolonial Amazon settlement, underlies the modern-day city of Santarém in Brazil, once serving as the core of a regional network that may have housed up to 60,000 people before the ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

Global discussions on preparedness for health emergencies are increasingly framed by the planetary “triple crisis” of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.1 The Amazon stands out, not only ...

The life of Varî Vãti Marubo shows how much life has changed for the rainforest’s Indigenous tribes — and how much has stayed the same. Varî Vãti Marubo is likely one of the oldest people still living ...

More uncontacted people live in Brazil's Amazon rainforest than anywhere else in the world. Consisting of about 100 isolated groups, they are aware of the outside world and some have limited trading ...

Queen Mary took part in a traditional dance during her visit to the Amazon forest, highlighting the vital role of indigenous ...

Scores of Indigenous people danced, sang and enjoyed each other’s company in Belem, Brazil, the city on the edge of the ...