Indigenous Peoples

Society Amazon

5. March 2025

Major Discovery of an Ancient Civilization in the Heart of the Amazon

The discovery of an ancient civilization's remains, from thousands of years ago, reveals important data not only on history, but on how climate change is affecting the world’s largest tropical forest: the Amazon.

Society

Society Brazil

25. February 2025

Hope Returns to This Indigenous Tribe

After a grueling history, hope has returned to Brazil's indigenous Yanomami tribe.

Animals

Animals

17. January 2025

The Recovery of an Iconic Bison Is Underway

The United States is joining forces with Canada and Mexico to strengthen cooperation and coordination for the preservation of the bison across North America, focusing notably on the cultural and historical connection between the iconic animal and Indigenous peoples.

Environment

The Beni plains are part of one of South America’s most important floodplains

Environment Bolivia

9. December 2024

Great Conservation News for People and for Nature

A newly protected area spanning 199,435 hectares in Northern Bolivia is set to conserve threatened floodplains.

Society

Families gather to watch television, use their mobiles and cook inside illuminated huts, thanks to newly installed solar panels in the village of Piyulaga.

Society Amazon Rainforest

23. November 2024

Remote Residents in These Countries Now Have Solar Electricity in Their Homes!

Houses in the Amazon regions of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru have been equipped with solar panels, providing residents with clean, cheap, and low-maintenance electricity, and empowering communities.

Environment

Environment Brazil

8. November 2024

Protecting Majestic Trees, Protecting the Rainforest

The most majestic trees in the Amazon rainforest are now well-guarded in Brazil’s State of Pará through the establishment of a State Park hosting some of the lushest biodiverse tropical forests of South America.

Animals

Animals New Zealand

31. October 2024

Doing Whatever It Takes to Save This Iconic Penguin

Drastic measures have been put in place to protect the declining population of New Zealand’s favorite endemic bird, the yellow-eyed penguin, a species revered in Māori culture.

Environment

Environment Canada

18. October 2024

Reviving Ancestral Lands: Indigenous People Are Healing the Environment

A First Nations corporation is hard at work restoring traditional Indigenous homelands in British Colombia, Canada, to wetlands by reclaiming land degraded by oil and gas, mining, and forestry.

Environment

Indigenous people with new land titles in Peru

Environment Peru

11. October 2024

Big Win: Indigenous Peoples Get 37 Pieces of Their Land Protected!

Indigenous peoples just received 37 land titles in the Peruvian Amazon in a record amount of time.

Animals

Waimiri-Atroari Indigenous people weaving one of the bridges that will connect the forest canopy over the highway

Animals Brazil

11. September 2024

Connected Forest Canopy: a Bridge for Animals to Cross Safely

Armed with traditional communities’ deep knowledge of forests and their inhabitants, artificial bridges have been built to connect the forest canopy over a road that crosses Brazil’s states of Amazonas and Roraima, allowing arboreal mammals to cross the road safely from above.