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POPE BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADE TO PERU'S AMAZON, CITING 'DEFENSE OF THE EARTH'
An area lays deforested by illegal gold mining in the Madre de Dios province of Peru, on Jan. 17, 2018... READ MORE›
AMAZON'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 'NEVER SO THREATENED'
Thousands of indigenous people had traveled to meet the pontiff from throughout the Amazon basin region of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia... READ MORE›
'IT'S A PERVERSE SYSTEM': HOW COLOMBIA'S FARMERS ARE REFORESTING THEIR LOGGED LAND
As the Farc demobilised, deforestation soared by 44 percent in 2016 with a rush of land-grabbing to plant coca and clear land for cattle ranches... READ MORE›
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BRAZIL ABOLISHES HUGE AMAZON RESERVE IN 'BIGGEST ATTACK' IN 50 YEARS
Brazilian president has dissolved Renca to attract investment in region thought to contain gold with critics warning of irreversible damage... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS IN ECUADOR CALLS FOR MORE PROTECTION OF RAIN FOREST AND ITS PEOPLE
Koenig, whose group works with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon... READ MORE›
AMAZON TRIBESWOMEN ESCAPE BACK TO FOREST AFTER REJECTING CIVILIZATION
The Awa tribe lives on the eastern fringe of Brazil's Amazon rain forest. It is estimated that the population of the Awa totals just 450 people... READ MORE›
NO, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE HAS NOT BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS IN THE AMAZON
While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE›
MAN GUILTY OF TEENAGER'S 1993 MURDER
Related Stories A knife-obsessed loner has been found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Claire Tiltman in Kent in 1993... READ MORE›
BERTA CACERES MURDER: INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS LAUNCH NEW INVESTIGATION
Her murder triggered widespread international condemnation, including unsuccessful efforts by US lawmakers to withhold American aid until the government approved an international team of investigators... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN PASSES LONG-AWAITED ANTI-HONOUR KILLING LEGISLATION
The legislation, passed unanimously by the National Assembly, mandates life imprisonment even if the victim's relatives forgive the murderer... READ MORE›
GERMAN KILLER NURSE NIELS H PROBED OVER 84 MORE MURDERS
A nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in northern Germany is now a suspect in at least 84 other murder cases, police say... READ MORE›
ROADS ARE ENCROACHING DEEPER INTO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, STUDY SAYS
Oil and gas access roads in western Amazon could open up Pandoras box of environmental impacts... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | SOUTH AMERICA'S INDIGENOUS GROUPS USED TO LINE UP WITH THE LEFT. NOT ANYMORE.
As indigenous leaders in states such as Amazonas have defected to Venezuela's opposition, the strains with the government have worsened... READ MORE›
EVEN THE MILITARY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT AN ENDANGERED AMAZON TRIBE
Brazil's armed forces ejected hundreds of settlers from an indigenous reserve. A year later, outsiders are back... READ MORE›
QLD 'GAY PANIC' DEFENCE TO BE SCRAPPED
Under current Queensland legislation, accused murderers can use unwanted sexual advances as a partial defence... READ MORE›
LATIN AMERICA'S LARGEST RAMSAR SITE FACING 586 KM TRANSMISSION LINE
However, MINEM argues that a loophole in a 2012 Peruvian law makes it exempt from doing prior consultation on this occasion... READ MORE›
POPE CANONIZES FIRST NEW WORLD MARTYRS, CALLS AMAZON SYNOD FOR 2019
REUTERS Alessandro Bianchi The pope also canonized 30 martyrs who were killed for their faith in Brazil in 1645... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDERING HER THREE CHILDREN IN LAKE CRASH
She also pleaded guilty to the attempted to murder of her six-year-old daughter on the same day, April 8, 2015... READ MORE›
JUDGE THROWS OUT CASE BECAUSE OF UNRELIABLE EVIDENCE
Judge Traverso told the court It is crucial for the state to prove that Mr Dewani entered into an agreement with Zola Tongo the taxi driver... READ MORE›
TWO TRIBES BOYCOTT BRAZIL'S WORLD INDIGENOUS GAMES OVER 'INSTITUTIONALISED VIOLENCE'
Krah's and apinaj's tribes from brazilian state of tocantins which will host first ever world indigenous games this month announce boycott... READ MORE›
CHESLEY JOHN LUCAS, 4TH SUSPECT IN STEVEN MILLER KILLING, WANTED BY POLICE
Police are looking for the public's help locating another suspect in the July 30 abduction and homicide of Steven Miller... READ MORE›
CHILD ABDUCTION AND MURDER DATA PAINT CHILLING NEW PORTRAIT
Child abduction and murder data paint chilling new portrait... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ON THE FRONT LINES IN BATTLE TO PROTECT AMAZON
IBAMA, on the other hand, has under 2,000 agents tasked with monitoring the entire Brazilian Amazon, estimated at about 3.3 million square kilometers 1.3 million square miles ... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST MURDERS SET RECORD AS 2015 BECAME DEADLIEST YEAR
Global Witness cited the case of Filipino activist Michelle Campos, a member of the indigenous Lumad people from the southern Philippines... READ MORE›
THE COLOMBIAN HIT MAN WHO BECAME A YOUTUBE STAR
He is a former enforcer for the Medellin drug cartel who has boasted of committing hundreds of murders on behalf of his boss, Pablo Escobar... READ MORE›
FARKHUNDA MURDER: AFGHAN COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCES
On the same day in May that the four men were given the death penalty, the judge sentenced eight defendants to 16 years in prison and acquitted 18 others... READ MORE›
AMAZON RAINFOREST WAS HOME TO MILLIONS BEFORE EUROPEAN ARRIVAL, SAYS STUDY
Amazon rainforest was home to millions of people before European arrival, says study... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA'S FARC REBELS INVITE MISS UNIVERSE TO ATTEND PEACE TALKS
The FARC did not say how Vega's visit would help advance the peace talks... READ MORE›
BRAZIL COURT SUSPENDS MINING ON AMAZON'S RENCA RESERVE
Moira Birss, from the non-profit organisation Amazon Watch, had also condemned the decree by the Temer administration... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
According to the Violence against Indigenous Peoples of Brazil report by the Catholic Indigenous Missionary Council, 138 tribesmen were slain in 2014 compared to 97 the previous year... READ MORE›
JUSTIN TRUDEAU TO VISIT SASKATCHEWAN VILLAGE HIT BY DEADLY SHOOTINGS
La Loche shootings Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Saskatchewan village on Friday... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA HELICOPTER CRASH SURVIVORS RESCUED AFTER SIX DAYS
Venezuela's El Nacional paper says that the military crew members were alive and will be transferred to the capital of Amazonas state, Puerto Ayacucho... READ MORE›
'SCARED' FIREFIGHTER SETS HOME FOR REFUGEES ABLAZE
However, the decision by prosecutors to charge the men with severe arson instead of attempted murder has drawn criticism... READ MORE›