Latinos especially are coming out in support of a Native American movement. Jan. 11, 2013 — -- A growing indigenous rights movement, called Idle No More, is holding gatherings on Friday in dozens ...

In March 2024, a jury ordered the environmental giant Greenpeace to pay $666 million to the companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline. The companies argued that Greenpeace was responsible for ...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is hosting the meeting in order to strengthen IFAD’s partnership with Indigenous peoples and its initiatives in their communities. Pope ...

Sharing a border with Ecuador and Peru, the southern Colombian department of Putumayo takes its name from the Quechua term for “gushing river.” For some, its landscapes are a sacred doorway to the ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. In Western legal systems, arguments against pollution or the destruction of ...

For decades, global conservation efforts relied heavily on one dominant philosophy: protect nature by removing people from it. Forests became “preserves,” rivers became “resources,” and entire ...

7 August 2025 - Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. For Indigenous Peoples, this technology can bring both significant challenges and promising opportunities.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. ‘Rights of nature’ cases are growing worldwide, but perceptions of it as a revolutionary ecocentric movement are too simplistic, according to a ...

This past Monday, some American states celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Other states—including Alaska, Hawaii, Maryland, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin—have ...

In Indonesia, where state-designated conservation areas often overlap with customary territories, Indigenous peoples have faced prosecution and imprisonment for living in and managing their ancestral ...