Peruvian Agriculture Minister Angel Manero on Monday announced a package of projects worth $24 billion to improve irrigation in the Andean nation, as the government looks to expand its farmlands by ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil ...

The Inca Trail draws large crowds, which can compromise your hike's quality. If you crave quieter treks with even better ...

The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

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A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...

Illegal gold mining has devastated Peru’s rainforest, destroying vast areas and endangering human health. Mercury used in ...

Fossilized teeth found in Peru suggest monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America 30 million years ago, ...

If you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into ...

The Brazilian government has cleared protected Amazon rainforest to build a highway for the COP30 climate summit.

For roughly about 65 million years, the forests of the Amazonian were resilient to changes in the climate. But that is ...

There’s a chance the gold ring on your finger or the chain around your neck has a link to the prolific destruction of the ...