Brazil: Campaign of terror against Amazon community
Loggers, keen to expel rubber-tappers from timber-rich land in the state of Amazonas in the Brazilian Amazon, are terrorising families, with the cumplicity of the local police force. A report from Pública, one of LAB's partners in Brazil.
Amazon: Worrying times
Scientists working on a giant research project in the Amazon basin are reaching disturbing conclusions, including the prediction that by the end of this century the Amazon basin could be receivng 40 percent less rainfall and temperatures could have inc
Bolivia: Nothing new in TIPNIS road
Way back in the 18th century, plans were afoot to build a road through the lands occupied by the Yuracares indigenous group, which is just the route to be taken by today's controversial TIPNIS road.
Mining Debate in Guatemala Rages On
Once again, mining becomes a source of conflict in a Latin American country.
Save the rainforest of Alto Purús in Peru
A call for action to help save the rainforest in Peru.
First meeting of women banana workers
Women from Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa are to meet in Ecuador
Native Peruvians See Loopholes in Prior Consultation Law
In Peru, indigenous people question a law that is supposed to benefit them.
Amazon: Impunity for loggers
Amazon: Impunity for loggers. Last year two men from the state of Pará reported to the Brazilian authorities the systematic, large-scale plundering of hard timber within protected forest areas in the Amazon basin.
Climate Conversations – Why the UNFCCC needs more countries like Mexico
For Mexico, the fight against climate change is a fight for sustainability.