The groups argue that the mine would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm threatened plants and animals, and permanently scar public lands.

A coalition of local and national conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service Tuesday, Feb. 18 for its approval of the ...

In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...

A coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, challenging its approval of the ...

If you asked Ugandans, "What is Suriname?" most would likely give incorrect answers. Suriname is a country. Located 9,804 km from Uganda, on the northeastern coast of South America in the Amazon ...

The president of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) in Peru denounced the use of local children as 'human shields' to protect illegal mining activities and demanded ...

The leader of an indigenous community in Peru asked for the government to declare a state of emergency on Monday and accused ...

A writer and researcher interested in preserving the history and legacy of our area is releasing his first book this month.

Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday, the head of an industry union said. The accident took place near the town of Kenieba ...

By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has ...

Deep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.