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The March for Science makes its stand: “There is no Planet B”

Sharon Guynup 24 Apr 2017

Deforestation has become big business in the Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 18 Apr 2017

Ex-mine security head cleared of murder, assault against indigenous Guatemalans

Sandra Cuffe 10 Apr 2017

Indigenous groups, Amazon’s best land stewards, under federal attack

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 5 Apr 2017

Officials, Greenpeace nab four boats for illegally fishing near Guinea-Bissau

John Cannon 3 Apr 2017

Panama’s Barro Blanco dam to begin operation, indigenous pleas refused

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 24 Mar 2017

Crime and not enough punishment: Amazon thieves keep stolen public land

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 15 Mar 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

Amazon Soy Moratorium: defeating deforestation or greenwash diversion?

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 8 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

The changing face of Amazon development: from land grab to eco-lodge

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 23 Feb 2017

Judge halts excavation plans for largest-ever Brazilian goldmine

Zoe Sullivan 22 Feb 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017

Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon, say agricultural experts

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 8 Feb 2017

Brazil alters indigenous land demarcation process, sparking conflict

Jenny Gonzales 2 Feb 2017

Battle for the Amazon: As Sinop grew, the Amazon rainforest faded away

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 1 Feb 2017

Is Brazil green washing hydropower? The case of the Teles Pires dam

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 18 Jan 2017

‘Day of Terror’: Munduruku village attacked by Brazil’s Federal Police

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 11 Jan 2017

The end of a People: Amazon dam destroys sacred Munduruku “Heaven”

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 5 Jan 2017

Battle for the Amazon: Tapajós Basin threatened by massive development

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 3 Jan 2017

Temer government set to overthrow Brazil’s environmental agenda

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 21 Dec 2016

Resource wars: Brazilian gold miners go up against indigenous people

Zoe Sullivan 15 Dec 2016

Brazil’s dispossessed: Belo Monte dam ruinous for indigenous cultures

Zoe Sullivan 8 Dec 2016

Top scientists: Amazon’s Tapajós Dam Complex “a crisis in the making”

Claire Salisbury 28 Nov 2016

Amazon oil spill impacts indigenous villages on Teles Pires River

Zoe Sullivan 21 Nov 2016

Global trade 101: How NAFTA’s Chapter 11 overrides environmental laws

Jennifer Huizen 8 Nov 2016

One-Year Anniversary of Brazil dam disaster brings prosecutions

Jenny Gonzales 2 Nov 2016

Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Oct 2016

Violence against indigenous people high, as land conflicts heat up

Carolina Torres 18 Oct 2016

Environmental official murdered in Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford 17 Oct 2016

Barro Blanco dam in limbo after Ngäbe-Bugle Congress rejects agreement

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 14 Oct 2016
Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016

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