Amazonia's Indigenous peoples dismantle Western cliches

Indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest have often been exoticized. A new exhibition challenges these long-held tropes.Across history, European depictions of the Amazon have typically presented ...
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Why the Amazon can’t be saved by courts alone (commentary)

By Luisa Fernanda BaccaPaulo Ilich Bacca In October 2023, a delegation of La Gente de Centro — the Andoke (Pɵɵsiɵhɵ), Nonuya (Nonova), Muinane (Féénemɨnaa) and Uitoto (Nɨpode) peoples of the Middle ...
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Exclusive-Indigenous leader Raoni calls Brazil infrastructure plans a threat to Amazon forest

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -At 93 years old, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire is urging Brazil to empower native peoples to preserve the Amazon rainforest and has warned that plans to build ...
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Indigenous tribe living deep in Amazon rainforest fends off outside forces: 'We are the hidden people'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, the Kichwa people of Pakayaku are quiet yet fierce protectors of the world. According to ...
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Cultural changes shift an Indigenous community’s relationship with the Amazon forest

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the southeastern Colombian department of Vaupés, members of the Indigenous Macaquiño community have maintained a healthy territory through ...
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What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis ...
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Half of uncontacted tribes could be wiped out in 10 years, report says

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...
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Indigenous leaders seek global pact to preserve 80% of Amazon forest

Scientists warn that the Amazon is close to a tipping point Global warming could see parts of rainforest turn into savannah Growing recognition of indigenous role in conserving forest LIMA, Sept 9 ...
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Indigenous People to Be Paid to Protect Amazon Rainforest in New REDD+ Projects

A U.S. carbon-credit marketing company, a French bank and corporate buyers are looking to invest more than $200 million to support forest-conservation projects throughout the Amazon led by indigenous ...
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Amid Brazil uprising, indigenous Amazon bucks rising CO2 trend

Indigenous-held Amazon forest absorbs more CO2 than it emits Other Amazon areas have become a source of planet-heating gases Protecting land from forest loss could avoid tipping point RIO DE ...
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Indigenous protest in the Amazon forces Brazil's Lula to revoke waterway decree

SAO PAULO — The Brazilian government said Monday it would revoke a decree signed by leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that allowed private concessions for waterways, following 33 days of ...