Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has done more damage to peatlands in the last two years than in the previous three decades ...

Indigenous organizations petitioned the Peruvian government to create Yavarí Mirim, an Indigenous reserve on the Amazon ...

Gold mining in Peru’s Amazon is now destroying carbon-storing peatlands at an alarming rate. In just two years, over half of ...

The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on ...

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, ...

There’s a chance the gold ring on your finger or the chain around your neck has a link to the prolific destruction of the ...

Since 2003, Indigenous organizations have been calling for the establishment of Yavarí Mirim, an extensive reserve for hundreds of isolated Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon. The reserve ...

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to stop oil and gas projects threatening their land, health, food security, and rights. They argue ...

Part of the Amazon jungle destroyed by illegal miners is visible in the Tambopata province, Peru's Madre de Dios region on March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — ...