For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the ...

Indigenous peoples like Vicuña’s Kariri are often regarded as key protectors of the Amazon, but for many years they have been forced out of their lands by criminals, deforestation and famine ...

With the United Nations’ COP30 scheduled for Belém, Brazil, in November 2025, attention will again focus on the Amazon and the global promise to halt deforestation by 2030. The Forest 500 ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across ...

"Gunmen or loggers will kill me for anything." Horrifying! All because they're defending their own land. An official trailer is available online for an inspiring documentary film titled We Are ...

The expectation that illegally used land will become sanctioned has been the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon ... In most cases, the forest is cleared for pasture to show economic ...

The expectation that illegally used land will become sanctioned has been the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon ... In most cases, the forest is cleared for pasture to show economic ...

Environmentalists slammed the president of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, Magda Chambriard after she echoed the ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest ... the vast amounts of carbon dioxide it absorbs. Risks to the forest drew global concern in August when fires raged through ...