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Cornell AAP appoints Jose Castillo as chair of Department of Architecture. Castillo is an architect and urban planner practicing in Mexico.

ORELLANA, Ecuador — “There’s a pool here,” says Ermel Chávez, a representative of the Amazon Defense Front in Ecuador. Chávez plucks a long branch from a tree, crouches down, and uses it to clear the ground. He submerges the branch by making a hole in the ground and pushing down: 1 meter, 2, 3 meters […]

Indonesia seeks Chinese investment for energy transition Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

NOVA XAVANTINA, Brazil — This past July, 15 Indigenous women made the thousand-mile journey from their home of Rolim de Moura, in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Rondônia, east to Nova Xavantina, in the state of Mato Grosso. They went as representatives of the 146 seed collectors from Reseba, the Amazonian Bioeconomic Seed Network, an […]

Fifty-nine per cent voted to stop oil exploration in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park

Ecuador’s government says oil drilling will continue in Yasuní National Park, calling referendum result unconstitutional.

Protesters are opposing the construction of a 755-meter zip line at Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain.

The chance to speed down a zip line from the top of Rio de Janeiro's breathtaking Sugarloaf Mountain should easily draw huge crowds of thrill-seekers to the

Zip line row erupts at Rios iconic Sugarloaf Mountain

The chance to speed down a zip line from the top of Rio de Janeiros breathtaking Sugarloaf Mountain should easily draw huge crowds of thrill-seekers to the iconic tourist destination. But not if Gricel Osorio Hor-Meyll has anything to say about it. Hor-Meyll, a psychologist, was one of dozens of pe ..