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Indigenous funeral urns discovered deep in Amazon rainforest

Seven giant funeral urns dating to pre-Columbian times have been found deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. A fisher who works in this little-known waterlogged area of the middle Solimões region, ...
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Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe

LAGO DO SOARES – Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the amber waters that are surrounded by a jagged shoreline that has been home for ...
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Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities — and finding urban poverty

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil — In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government's expedition on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon rainforest. After some initial ...
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COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it’s not enough

On Friday, at least 100 Indigenous protestors blocked the entrance to the 30th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil. The action comes on the heels of an action ...
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Returning the Amazon Rainforest to Its True Caretakers

Indigenous peoples forced from the Amazon rainforest are finally getting the legal power to return—and it’s not only about justice. Under their stewardship, the forests can thrive. In 2025, a small, ...
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Indigenous groups in Brazil weren’t consulted in major carbon credits deal

Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a deal with multinational companies to sell carbon offset credits to support ...
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Tiny kinkajou, a rainforest critter indigenous to South America, found crawling through Washington state

Washington officials were left scratching their heads this week when they found a mammal indigenous to the rainforest crawling along a stretch of desert. The kinkajou — also known as a honey bear — ...
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Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...
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Experts sound alarm over 'silent genocide' in Amazon rainforest: 'We are condemned with sicknesses, nausea, and open sores'

Big oil and gas intrude on Peru's Indigenous people, as the government auctions off plots of Indigenous land reserves, per a report by The Guardian. Researchers are speaking out as companies start ...
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Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities — and finding urban poverty

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil — In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured to meet a Brazilian government's expedition on the banks of the Itui ...
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COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it’s not enough.

On Friday, at least 100 Indigenous protestors blocked the entrance to the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil. The action comes on the heels of an action ...