Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a historic ruling, finding in favor of Indigenous leaders who say their ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.

The ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights could shape climate policies and bolster climate pollution lawsuits ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint ...

Just offshore, bundled in puffy jackets against the Bay wind, Indigenous leaders from Ecuador’s Amazon paddled kayaks through choppy waters, calling attention to the oil expansion threatening ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...