Reporting for this story was supported by the Dom Phillips Grant of the Rainforest Journalism Fund in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center, and it won the 2025 International Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award for Investigative Journalism. IQUITOS, Peru — On the Peruvian side of the Yavarí River, overlooking the lush Brazilian shore, a weary Matsés man … Continue reading False claims of U.N. backing see Indigenous groups cede forest rights for sketchy finance