The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

Indigenous communities have been in the Peruvian Amazon for thousands of years, but around the 20th century ... Peruvian law strictly forbids contacting these tribes; even researchers are not allowed ...

and regularly kidnap other tribes' women and children Sightings of tribe have increased as illegal logging and gas or oil projects force them from their forest homes Peruvian government bans boats ...

“Connecting the Amazon. Enoque and Flora Dutra, a Brazilian activist who works with Indigenous tribes, sent letters to more than 100 members of Congress asking for Starlink. None responde ...

The Mashco Piro are an uncontacted tribe found in remote regions of the Amazon rainforest in south-east Peru. It’s thought ...

Joint data from several Peruvian organizations has documented 831 oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon. There are at least 20 uncontacted tribes in Peru that live in the most remote, uncontacted regions ...

Beneath Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, one of the planet’s largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ...

A new wave of spiritual tourism is reshaping sacred ayahuasca practises in Peru ...