Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.

In 2025, Global Witness documented 124 land and environmental defenders were killed for protecting their land, territories, natural resources and communities

Amazon Watch organizes and participates in local, national, and international events on a regular basis.

At its core, the Mandate asserts that Indigenous peoples’ territories, their governance systems, and their knowledge are most effective for protecting the Amazon and their living territories.

"We are defending the life of the entire planet, that is why we ask ourselves: will we one day make a soup of gold or a soup of dollars?"

For nearly a year, the U.S. military has carried out a campaign of extrajudicial killings at sea that has left more than 225 people dead.

Tras su fallecimiento a los 82 años, RAYA reconstruye su trayectoria con once testimonios, entrevistas y documentos que muestran cómo convirtió la memoria en una herramienta contra el olvido y la impu...

On the Jatunyaku River, community representatives unfurled two banners bearing the messages that have echoed for years: "Water is life” and "Love the Amazon."

The US and Ecuadorian joint attacks in Latin America are escalating, with the Pentagon expanding boat bombings to combat drug cartels. Despite concerns of war crimes, the US military is pushing forward with deadly operations.

Guarani beekeeper Marcio Karai is devoted to caring for stingless bees native to his home in Brazil, working to ensure that the knowledge of generations is carried on for the next.

Indigenous-led renewable energy solutions can strengthen self-determination, protect forests, and equip communities to defend their territories and build resilient futures.

Elite capture, weakened governance, and lack of transparency trigger conflicts.

Millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest are newly at risk of being legally deforested, a new study estimates. The potential increase in deforestation comes as soy companies have terminated their…

About a quarter of Americans say that the US should let him walk free, compared to nearly half who want him arrested.

Government analysis reveals Trump's bombing campaign against drug boats in Latin America hasn't slowed cocaine trafficking into the US.

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who reclaimed their territory on the Brazil-Peru border decades ago, now face threats from gangs and drug traffickers.

Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires is choking a vast stretch of the Northeast and Upper Midwest. Officials encouraged residents, including in New York, to stay indoors.

Governments across Latin America are stepping up preparations as El Nino strengthens across the Pacific, raising concerns about drought, extreme heat, flooding and wildfire risk.

Las sociedades de la Amazonía utilizan cerca de 5.800 especies de plantas, pero el cambio climático podría reducirlas un tercio.

Ecuador: pueblo indígena waorani convoca a una asamblea para documentar posibles riesgos de la nueva licitación petrolera del bloque 22

New research shows major lenders are accelerating their investment in Big Oil as the industry turns toward plastics and petrochemicals.

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A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces.

In the mining-plagued Ecuadorian Amazon, not even two rivers are enough to ensure safe water for an Indigenous community.

In 2025, devastating wildfires, deadly floods, and extreme weather events highlighted the urgent need to end fossil fuel extraction. Despite promises to align with net-zero emissions, banks continue to fund polluting projects. Will governments hold them...

Congresistas del partido Demócrata en EE.UU rechazan la ofensiva injerencista de Donald Trump en las elecciones presidenciales de Colombia, quien ha respaldado públicamente al ultraderechista Abelardo...

Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds

La vivienda del líder fue allanada y el defensor ambiental fue detenido y acusado de supuesta posesión ilegal de explosivos.

Indigenous leaders who gathered at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are demanding a decisive shift away from failed militarized responses toward rights-based approaches that center Indige...

"We depend on the river and the land to live. When they are destroyed, we are destroyed with them."