By Aimee Gabay At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — the world’s largest convening of Indigenous ...

Brazilian indigenous tribes inhabit 13% of the country's territory, mainly covered by the Amazon rainforest. Currently, about 900,000 people live in the Brazilian Amazon.

Dozens of indigenous nations from different countries are calling for an oil drilling ban in the world's largest rainforest ...

Of all the ways that the industrialized world has encroached on the indigenous people of the Amazon, you might not think that the most disastrous intervention is also the simplest: free food.

BRASILIA, Brazil — With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand ...

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BRASILIA - Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo people, told Reuters ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous communities battling for survival in the Amazon rainforest. Lula ...

Yet, amid the political negotiations and corporate commitments, one critical voice remains marginalised – that of the world’s Indigenous peoples many of whom bear the brunt of the climate crisis. From ...

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Brazil's Indigenous Leader Raoni Says He Is Against Drilling for Oil in Amazon Region By Lais Morais BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the ...