Argentinian activist Santiago Maldonado, who disappeared during a protest in favour of indigenous rights, has been found dead. With congressional elections ahead, the case has shaken the country to its core.
El Costo Humano de los Agrótoxicos (The Human Cost of Agrotoxins) is Pablo Ernesto Piovano’s photo feature dedicated to breaking the silence on the consequences of a growing use of pesticides. Piovano, an Argentinian photographer, has travelled across his country to document the effects pesticides have on people, the result of which is a series of powerful pictures. Now his work has
Around ten members of an uncontacted indigenous tribe, one that has had no peaceful contact with mainstream society, have been killed by illegal gold miners in the Brazilian Amazon. The alleged attack took place last month along the Jandiatuba River, close to the border with Peru and Colombia. The crime came to light after the perpetrators were overheard in
Delfini, uccelli, mammiferi: sono 381 le nuove specie animali e vegetali scoperte in Amazzonia tra 2014 e 2015. La gallery
A Brazilian court suspended the decree issued by President Temer to abolish the RENCA nature reserve in the Amazon forest and open it to mining exploration.
On the 30th of July the Venezuelan government led by socialist President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the results of contentious elections to form a new governing body called the Constituent Assembly with the mandate to replace the 1999 Constitution. The recently created institution removed Luisa Ortega, the country’s chief prosecutor and a critic of the Maduro regime, from
Lo scorso anno oltre duecento ambientalisti, quasi quattro ogni settimana, sono stati assassinati in tutto il mondo. Lo rivela il nuovo rapporto di Global Witness.
According to a study presented in Guatemala, granting the rights to land to rural communities contributes to reducing the risk of forest fires.
Over 1,000 indigenous peoples’ representatives from the North Pole to New Zealand reflected on the progress and challenges in safeguarding indigenous rights during the 16th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held at the international organisation’s headquarters in New York between the 24th of April and 5th of May. Calling for concrete action,
In Brasile la situazione per i guaraní, il popolo indigeno più numeroso del Paese, è drammatica, privati delle loro terre ancestrali e assassinati impunemente dai proprietari terrieri.
