Brazil's next Congress is likely to pose a greater obstacle to legislation to protect the environment after elections this ...

We are at a decisive moment. The results of the first round showed that the threats to our territories and our rights may ...

Right-wing candidates made big gains in both houses of Congress in Brazil’s Oct. 4 general election. Brazil’s main Indigenous ...

Researchers in Brazil identified Limosilactobacillus fermentum CCMA 0205 from the indigenous beverage Yakupa as a ...

“Brazil emerges from these elections with a Congress that is even more aggressive toward Indigenous rights,” said the ...

As wildfires sparked by El Nino smolder in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Indigenous chief Waldemir da Silva voted for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the candidate "who defends nature."El Nino ...

BRAZIL: The role of art with Indigenous communities across four Brazilian states on cultural preservation and forest protection.

Rampant illegal logging and armed criminal networks are pushing protected reserves across the Brazilian Amazon to the brink ...

By Pilar Olivares, Aline Massuca and Andre ⁠Romani RIO ⁠DE JANEIRO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Almost ⁠200 Indigenous candidates, a record, are running for public office ​in Brazil's general elections next ...

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon ...

Renowned Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire is receiving palliative care at home in the Brazilian heartland after being diagnosed with cancer at age 94, his institute says.

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire, a prominent defender of Indigenous rights and the Amazon rain forest, has been diagnosed with cancer, the Chief's non-profit ...