Of this total, about 40 percent has been dumped into the Amazon River Basin, while another 40 percent has been expelled ... Because they are often organized as family enterprises, women participate in ...

Adapted to the contexts of the Tapajós region, as a concrete mechanism to guarantee access to justice and reparation, the ...

In the heart of the dense Amazonian jungle, researchers are realizing that what was long believed to be an untouched ...

In September 2024, the Amazon’s worst drought in generations hit Paraizinho, a small riverside community that depends on the once-reliable Madeira River. Crops withered. Wells ran dry. The river, ...

In many communities, women avoid entering rivers during menstruation for ... Image via Openverse. Throughout the Amazon basin, river dolphins occupy a unique position as mediators between the physical ...

In many communities, women avoid entering rivers during menstruation for ... Image via Openverse. Throughout the Amazon basin, river dolphins occupy a unique position as mediators between the physical ...

The Peruvian Mari Luz Canaquiri and her colleagues won a historic ruling that holds the Marañón River as a subject of a right, which the activist said paves the way to protecting the Amazon.

After a disastrous oil spill in 2000, Canaquiri Murayari and other women gathered ... in the river basin. These are serious threats to the Marañón River and to the Amazon rainforest—and ...

The Marañón River ... vision of cuenca—a basin-wide, integrated approach to governance that respects the interconnectedness of water, land, and community. International Rivers is proud to work ...

A colonial-era myth about endangered pink river ... women, often perpetrated by outsiders.” Because of habitat loss and bycatch from indiscriminate fishing, the dolphin population in the Amazon ...

Ecuador’s forests, from the lush Andean river basins to the southern dry forests, are under threat, mostly from agriculture. María José* sat among a group of women who had gathered ... Development ...

The Amazon River basin is among the safe harbours for the rapidly disappearing species, with conservationists aiming to safeguard its remaining numbers. “Spending three weeks in the water with ...