COP30 Indigenous protesters defend summit incursion
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Indigenous groups get the spotlight at UN climate talks, but some say visibility isn't power
Indigenous people are used to adapting, so when the power failed at their kickoff event at this year's United Nations climate talks, they rolled with it. Participants from around the world sweated through song,
At 93 years old, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire is urging Brazil to empower native peoples to preserve the Amazon rainforest and has warned that plans to build infrastructure in the region are a direct threat to the forest and its people.
Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they’re making people sick. It’s an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the journal Communications Earth & Environment adds to ...
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 covering thousands of hectares it is an incentive to clear virgin forest that produces no income.
As United Nation climate talks get underway in Belem, a different kind of conference is kicking off: the People's Summit, a gathering of activists, organizers, environmentalists and Indigenous groups from around the world.
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To fix the climate, simply empower Indigenous people (commentary)
By Kiki Taufik Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings.
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Uncontacted Indigenous groups could vanish within a decade without stronger protections, experts say
A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime.
Prince William's Brazilian conservation project celebrates indigenous people after Prince Harry's African Parks was hit by a scandal.
Initiative looks to correct issues that have affected an area of the voluntary carbon market that has previously come in for criticism
A surge in Amazon Rainforest clearing has sparked outrage just as world leaders gather in Brazil for COP30, topped off by a scuffle as indigenous people broke into the buildings late last night.
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