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Back in 1980 when she was only 10 years old, Gwen Sissiou gathered around a TV set with family to watch a black and white video of a frightened cockatoo fleeing forest destruction caused by a large copper mine development near her home in Papua New...

Huapi island / © CONAF-FAO Huapi Island and the environmental problems for the Mapuche people At the center of Lake Ranco in the commune of Futrono, 900 km south of the capital, Santiago de Chile, is located this impressive 815 hectares of surface...

Joel Puyanawa is standing in a clearing near the Moa River, which cuts through the Amazon rainforest in western Brazil. Behind him is a thick canopy of trees creating a typical Amazonian tableau – one that almost was not. Puyanawa is the chief of the...

Indigenous Peoples are widely seen as the guardians of forests. Respect for their rights and recognition of their invaluable contribution to climate change solutions are vital if the world is to meet its climate goals – including the halting and...