Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in BelĆ©m, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention…
Winners of the worldās leading environmental award faced down Vladimir Putin and the countryās recently deposed leader, Jacob Zuma, to overturn a multibillion-dollar nuclear deal
The November 1st report says the expansion of tribal land rights is the most cost-effective way to protect forests and sequester carbon and urges national governments to ensure indigenous communities a central role in climate policies
Born into a poor, mixed-race Amazon family, Marina Silva is on the verge of a stunning election win after taking over her party
Rio de Janeiro was once again racked by violent protest on Tuesday night as a teachers strike became the latest rallying point…
Venezuela and Nicaragua have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower who is believed to have spent the past two weeks…
Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, and key ministers are to hold an emergency meeting on Friday following a night of protests that saw…
A "lost" report into genocide, torture, rape and enslavement of indigenous tribes during Brazil [1]'s military dictatorship has been rediscovered, raising fresh…
They come with speeches, placards, power point presentations and drums. Some with body paint and bows and arrows. Others with suits and…
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