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Bolsonaro evades genocide blame amid Indigenous deaths by invaders, COVID-19

Fernanda Wenzel 25 Oct 2021

For Brazil’s persecuted Krenak people, justice arrives half a century later

Shanna Hanbury 1 Oct 2021

Labor rights violations at Brazil coffee farm linked to Starbucks, Nespresso

Daniel Camargos 30 Sep 2021

Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2021

Following coup, Myanmar’s Indigenous vow to protect forests ‘until the end of the world’ (commentary)

Esther Wah 27 Sep 2021

Lockdowns didn’t stop 2020 being deadliest year yet for earth defenders

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Sep 2021

Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction

Juliana Ennes 3 Sep 2021

With Myanmar’s press muzzled, experts warn of surge in environmental crimes

Carolyn Cowan 27 Aug 2021

An Ecuadoran town that survived illegal miners now faces a licensed operator

Antonio José Paz Cardona 18 Aug 2021

The Kichwa woman fighting drug traffickers and loggers in the Peruvian Amazon

Gloria Alvitres 13 Aug 2021

Indigenous Brazilians fear surge in violence as ‘land-grab bill’ nears passage

Ana Ionova 11 Aug 2021

On the Colombian plains, a leader stands up for her people against land theft

Ginna Santisteban, Óscar Parra, Pilar Puentes 11 Aug 2021

USAID redirects funding in Cambodia as future of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary hangs in the balance

Gerald Flynn 5 Aug 2021

333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows

Maurício Angelo 3 Aug 2021

Brazil prosecutors seek ban on all gold mining in hard-hit Amazonian region

Fernanda Wenzel 16 Jul 2021

Killings, invasions escalate in fight for land in Brazil’s Maranhão state

Juliana Ennes 15 Jul 2021

Environmental defenders in Ecuador aren’t safe, new report shows

Kimberley Brown 9 Jul 2021
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

Former dam executive found guilty in the killing of Berta Cáceres

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2021

Exhibition showcases Claudia Andujar’s half-century fight for the Yanomami

Sue Branford 24 Jun 2021
Cambodia activist Sun Ratha

Rights groups demand end to Cambodia’s persecution of green activists

Carolyn Cowan 23 Jun 2021

In Brazil’s most Indigenous city, prejudice and diversity go hand in hand

Ana Amelia Hamdan 22 Jun 2021

Deforestation spikes in Virunga National Park, DRC

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jun 2021

Illegal miners block Indigenous leaders headed to protests in Brazil’s capital

Ana Ionova 14 Jun 2021

Paid in Blood: Standing up to private interests often turns deadly in Brazil

Yessenia Funes 14 Jun 2021

Land conflicts in Brazil break record under Bolsonaro

Juliana Ennes 2 Jun 2021

Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve

Ana Ionova 28 May 2021

Indigenous in Brasília: The fight for rights in Brazil’s power base

Leticia Casado 25 May 2021
Activist Chhoeun Daravy was arrested August, 2020. Image courtesy of LICADHO (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Outrage as Cambodian court convicts activists for inciting ‘social chaos’

Gerald Flynn 14 May 2021

In the Honduran Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, an illegal road for cattle and drugs

Ashoka Mukpo 13 May 2021

Indigenous in Salvador: A struggle for identity in Brazil’s first capital

Alexandre Lyrio 11 May 2021

Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river

James Fair 4 May 2021

Indigenous in São Paulo: Erased by a colonial education curriculum

Jennifer Ann Thomas 28 Apr 2021

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