When Adrian Dominican Sr. Lorene Heck served as a regional superior for her congregation, she got to know fellow Adrian Dominican Sr. Judy Bisignano and her passion — the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador ...

Deforestation and climate change threaten the Achuar people’s existence - but a genealogy site is trying to protect its future The Amazon rainforest has been home to the Achuar people for thousands of ...

It was by any measure a remarkable protest. More than 800 Achuar tribespeople from the borders of Peru and Ecuador, headed by their traditional leaders with their red and yellow feathered headdresses, ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper and greener alternative to gas-powered vessels. A growing fleet of electric ...

That's what 700 representatives of the Achuar people from the Corrientes River basin in northern Peru said when they took over Peru's largest oil facility on Oct. 10, blocking 50 percent of national ...

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

Achuar Indigenous people from the community of José Olaya live near sites impacted by oil-related activity in and around their territory. According to reports by Peru’s environmental authority, toxic ...

Amazon Watch has uploaded a video with a message from Peruvian Achuar indigenous leader Peas Peas Auyi. In the message, Peas Peas Auyi thanks Canadian allies for their solidarity in the Achuar's ...

Visit the Achuar, a tribe of 6,000 indigenous people who still live traditionally in small Amazon communities along the Ecuadorean and Peruvian border, on a seven-day tour. The excursion is offered by ...