Ecuador’s parliament has passed a law allowing private companies to help manage protected areas, prompting backlash from ...

On Dec. 20, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights publicly announced a landmark decision against the Colombian government and found it responsible for multiple human rights violations against ...

The 16th Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM), unspooling July 14-18, rolls off the success and stability of Colombia's film ...

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

On June 24, 26 fishing families living near the lakes and rivers around Barrancabermeja were forcibly displaced. They were ...

Some scholars and activists are raising concerns that Indigenous voices are not being heard amid the debate over whether to host nuclear waste storage facilities.

High Commissioner Volker Türk says he has not been allowed access to inspect El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a corner ...

Any new regulation is likely to impact Indigenous and small-scale farmers, who are often overlooked and have little or no ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

“The term homosexual was coined in 1869,” says Jonathan D. Katz, the co-curator, along with art historian Johnny Willis, of The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939.

The ongoing genocide in Gaza, as well as recent unlawful military strikes on Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, are a profound threat to peace, justice, and the integrity of international law, writes Dr ...