Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador’s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief ...

Edinizia Karo Munduruku poses for a picture with her daughter Ewayne Yoto, during a mission by researchers from the Brazilian public health institute Fiocruz to investigate health disorders among ...

Indigenous women in Ecuador's Amazon region embarked on a tour to witness the environmental and health impacts of oil extraction, strengthening their resolve to resist future projects. Amidst polluted ...

Sao Paulo — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the ...

Indigenous women in Ecuador's Amazon tour oil fields to highlight the environmental and health impacts of oil extraction, ...

With only three women left, the Akuntsu were decimated by a government-backed land grab in the Amazon.View on euronews ...

As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu to vanish when the three remaining ...

To mark International Women’s Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Brazilian authorities to empower women journalists reporting on environmental issues in the Amazon, a region where ...

Amazon Frontlines, an Indigenous-led organization committed to conservation and the protection of land rights and biodiversity in the Amazon region, will receive this year's Conrad N. Hilton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edinizia Karo Munduruku poses for a picture with her daughter Ewayne Yoto, during a mission by researchers from the Brazilian ...

SAI CINZA, Brazil >> Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening ...

Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening the health of their ...