Authorities in Brazil have launched a major operation to remove thousands of illegal goldminers from the Yanomami territory in the north of the country.
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Amazon forest guardians fulfil Bruno Pereira’s mission of Indigenous exchange
Pereira, who was murdered alongside British journalist Dom Phillips, planned to lead an Indigenous delegation 2,500km across Brazil to learn from veteran fellow defenders
Museum urged to return totem pole stolen from First Nation village
First Nation leaders are set to meet with bosses from Scotland’s largest museum for talks on the repatriation of a historic totem pole stolen from modern-day British Columbia almost a century ago.
Meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops
In north-western New Mexico, traditional Indigenous farming methods are being passed down to protect against the effects of climate crisis
Traditional knowledge guides protection of planetary health in Finland
Indigenous peoples in the Arctic are joining with scientists to rewild degraded peatlands
Protect Indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report
Rainforests looked after by communities absorb twice as much carbon as other lands, analysis shows
Help protect and preserve ancestral grave
We recently witnessed the desecration of a Shinnecock Indian ancestor’s grave, when a skull, bones, and 18th Century glass bottle were unearthed during the construction of a home just five minutes from our reservation…
The Amazon used to be a hedge against climate change. Those days may be over.
Easter Island people want British Museum to return Moai statue
Easter Island’s indigenous people have asked Chile’s government to help them recover a unique Moai statue removed 150 years ago and now kept in the British Museum in London…
Indigenous peoples recognised by the world’s biggest climate fund
A “GCF Indigenous Peoples Policy” has been adopted for inclusion in the Green Climate Fund, that every year allocates billions of dollars to climate projects…