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'Passport to the future' or 'the new Dubai': Hunt for oil in Brazil's Amazon fuels hopes and fearsIndigenous chief Wagner Karipuna gazes worriedly at the tranquil river flowing past his village in the Brazilian Amazon as he imagines the ...
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
In 2020, Brazilian musician Alok launched Instituto Alok to back Amazon conservation with 400,000 seedlings. Today, its projects have helped restore 3 million m² of native forestBrazilian musician Alok is taking his environmental work beyond the stage through Instituto Alok, founded in 2020. The initiative supports ...
In 1989, Sting and Trudie Styler backed one rainforest foundation with Chief Raoni. 4 years later, over 12 million acres of Kayapó land gained legal protection in BrazilThe Rainforest Foundation began in 1989, supporting Indigenous Kayapó people in Brazil. This effort secured over 12 million acres of ancest...
From Tech NAM to NAS: India’s case for tech sovereignty through strategic choicesIt is crucial for countries to embrace a non-aligned sovereignty approach in artificial intelligence, enabling them to diversify their tech...
A top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth miningLatin America's development bank chief urged Pope Leo XIV to consider responsible rare earth mineral extraction, highlighting its potential...
COP30 Climate Summit 2025 in Brazil: Key takeaways on climate finance, emissions, and global unityCOP30 Climate Summit 2025: COP30 in Brazil witnessed a commitment to triple climate adaptation funding for poorer nations, a crucial step a...
Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with securityIndigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue in Belem, Brazil. They demanded climate action and forest protec...
Ethical AI, stronger frameworks to combat trafficking of cultural property: India at BRICS forumThe declaration reflects a collective vision for inclusive, rights-based, and innovation-driven cultural development, the ministry said. "I...
Ethical AI, stronger frameworks to combat illicit trafficking of cultural property: India at BRICS forumIndia urged BRICS nations to champion cultural cooperation and ethical AI at the Culture Ministers' Meeting in Brazil. The meeting culminat...
Watch rare encounter: Man from uncontacted Amazon tribe meets Brazilian villagers, learns to use lighterAn Amazon riverine community in Brazil had a rare encounter with a man from an uncontacted tribe, documented on social media. The man, appe...
Brazil's Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula's green ambitionsThe BR-319 highway connects Porto Velho to Manaus. It was abandoned in the 1980s after falling into disuse, but the government has shown si...
Amazon's Man of the Hole: The last member of tribe dies. Read to know moreThe final survivor of an uncontacted indigenous group in Brazil, according to authorities, has passed away. The man, whose identity is unkn...
In Brazil, firms sought black workers. Then LinkedIn got involvedMany Brazilian companies have started to explicitly seek out Black and Indigenous workers to diversify their ranks, a step to reverse the d...
From the Amazon to Scotland, forest leaders united in hopeA total of $19 billion pledged at COP26 this week to end deforestation globally by 2030 "needs to go to the right people," adds Senegalese ...
Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burnsFires ramped up in the Brazilian rainforest in August, according to government data released this week, with fires for the month well above...
Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir wins UN Human Rights Prize posthumouslyShe was one of the four winners of the award which was announced by the United Nations on Thursday.
Can blockchain save the Amazon in corruption-mired Brazil?The platform's supporters believe it can reduce fraud in Brazil's antiquated land titling system, which enables swathes of Amazon rainfores...
- Armed guards open fire on 10 Indians in Brazil
Armed guards on Monday shot and wounded 10 Indians who were building their homes on a reservation in northern Brazil.
- Brazil investigates environmental, evangelical groups for conduct in Amazon rain forest
Brazil's intelligence service said a six-month investigation of environmental and evangelical groups active in the Amazon found evidence of...