One small Indigenous territory is currently the site of roughly 70% of deforestation in Indigenous territories across the ...

Brazil is touting what could be a radical new solution to tackle deforestation, flipping the economics in favour of ...

Olegario Sánchez Pinto, 74, wakes up at 7 a.m. every day to complete all the tasks he must perform as a member of the ...

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

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

It’s a toxic combination that is enriching criminal gangs and corrupt officials across the region, as the price of gold touches new highs on world markets.

A short boat ride from Cop30 lies the home of Seu Ladi, who tells Nick Ferris how deforestation and climate change has ...

Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate talks did little to counteract papal criticism that "failing" political will is ...

Just a stone’s throw from the venue for COP30, large swaths of the rainforest continue to be destroyed for farms and mines ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to take stronger steps against mercury use in ...

Ranchers can earn an average $50 a year from raising cattle on a hectare of land in the Brazilian Amazon, according to government agricultural census data. It may not sound much, but for a farm ...

Illegal gold mining is rapidly overtaking cocaine as the most profitable criminal enterprise in South America, reshaping Peru's Amazon into a violent, unpoliced frontier. As global gold prices soar, ...