"Safeguarding Indigenous defenders is our strongest defense against environmental crime, and they must not be left to fight ...

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

On the banks of the Tapajós River, where barges of soy and minerals already tear through fishing nets and leave dead fish behind, we see a glimpse of what could multiply with Ferrogrão. The ...

Ensuring that all activities have the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples affected by operations is emerging as an essential commitment for any company operating in indigenous ...

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In late October, Ecuador’s right-wing president Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency, citing rising violent crime. But the surprise move also conveniently suspended civil liberties just as ...

The struggle for Indigenous rights in Brazil has reached a critical juncture as orchestrated attacks on their territorial claims intensify. Despite the Brazilian Supreme Court’s landmark decision in ...

“The answer is us!” cried more than 300 Mura leaders, youth, and elders during the VIII Assembly of the Mura People, held last month in the Lago do Soares Indigenous Land, a traditional Mura territory ...

Quito, Ecuador – Ecuador’s government announced yesterday at the XXI Encuentro Anual de Petróleo y Gas (ENAEP 2026), the country’s premier oil and gas summit, that it would issue a tender for remote ...

For the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, defending their territory means defending the Amazon itself. Their struggle is deeply rooted in their ancestral territory in Ecuador, but the forces threatening the ...

In February 2026, more than 60 Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru gathered in the Peruvian Amazon to confront a rapidly growing threat: the expansion of organized crime and ...

I come from Sarayaku, a Kichwa community in the Ecuadorian Amazon that has spent decades defending its territory from oil exploitation. Throughout all this time, we have heard the same argument: ...