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Peru declared a 90-day state of emergency on Sept. 24 in the Peruvian Amazon communities of Cuninico and Urarinas after a recent oil spill in nearby rivers.

Moving on from writing that holds the natural world at arm’s length, authors have begun using intimate life to show nature as a protagonist in itself

Talking to architect Marta Maccaglia about her work is not just talking about architecture. Each of her projects derives from a participatory way of...

"When the pandemic hit, I stopped studying, just when it was my last year of school…My parents couldn't afford to pay for internet at home," said Rodrigo Reyes, 18, one of the nearly 250,000 childre

Even as a child, Cornelius “Pat” Cacho valued education above most things. Born into modest means in British Honduras (now

This is New York City’s Climate Week NYC. That means that — in what’s become a new autumn tradition — thousands of people will gather once again in the world’s richest city to discuss how we can best fight climate change.

By Paula Bayarte Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Sep 19 (EFE).- The immense green canopy and massive torn-out roots of an ancient shihuahuaco tree lie felled on the forest floor in the Peruvian Amazon, but the trunk is nowhere to be found. It’s a disturbing sight, yet one seen repeatedly in a country where indiscriminate logging is …

After 36 Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon used satellite-based alerts from Global Forest Watch, deforestation rates declined by 52% in one year.

A brush with the law has alarmed the community of about 100 families who fear losing the land they have made their home

The Achuar and Wampis have good reason to oppose further oil extraction: The Northern Peruvian Oil Pipeline, which runs through their territories, has repeatedly ruptured, causing countless spills and constant threats to the environment and safety of their communities.