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Non-profit uses gunshot detection technology and solar energy to protect the rainforest

San Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend...

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Peru protects one of world’s last great untouched forests

Working alongside local and international conservation groups, the Peruvian government just established Yaguas...

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Peru passes legislation to let roads slice through remote Amazon area

Part of Peru's Amazon rainforest could be under threat due to a recently passed law. The move would allow roads...

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Gold miners claim they butchered uncontacted Amazon tribe members in Brazil

Around 10 tribe members who had little to no contact with the outside world are now dead in Brazil. The uncontacted...

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New Zealand river world’s first to obtain legal status as a person

A river in New Zealand now has legal status similar to a human being, marking a historic victory for indigenous...

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Indonesian president gives forest management back to indigenous communities

After decades of conflict over the power to oversee Indonesia's forests, President Joko Widodo gave management...

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Amazing Hoop Dance Gathering Place celebrates Canada’s indigenous cultures

The project, located in a large courtyard on the Mohawk College campus, was developed in collaboration between...

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Amazon dam opposed by local tribes halted by Brazil environmental agency

Plans for an 8,000 megawatt hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest have been halted after backers...

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Earthships heading to Canada will provide First Nation communities with low-income housing

An Earthship is a unique type of low-cost home that strives for self sufficiency and is built primarily with recycled...

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VIVID light art dazzles the streets of Sydney

This year, in addition to the regular sites where artists show their beautiful work every year, the organizers...

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Mercury pollution poison threatens to wipe out a remote tribe of indigenous Amazon people

Mercury poisoning could potentially wipe out an isolated Amazonian tribe in Peru. Over 80 percent of the members...

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Environmental activist Berta Cáceres found murdered in her home

Environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres was murdered in her home this week by two gunmen. Cáceres,...

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Canada just saved one of Earth’s last temperate rainforests

When most people think ofrainforests, they think of a tropical jungle -- but rainforests can exist in temperate...

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This 130-square-foot modular Nomadic Shelter sleeps 12 people

SALT is a several year-long festival that kicked off at Sandhornøy in northern Norway in August 2014. Housed within...

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Watch as Isolated Amazon Tribe Makes Contact With the Outside World for the First Time

In a rare event that few people have ever witnessed, a previously isolated tribe encountered the outside world...

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Honduran Government Returns One Million Hectares of Rainforest to Indigenous People

150 years ago, England granted the Miskito people of Honduras rights over their own land. Unfortunately, that treaty...

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