Worsening fires and deforestation in the Amazon are exacerbating the situation for indigenous people, who are already more vulnerable to Covid-19, scientists say.
More than 100 organisations have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon at risk.
Protesters in London will stand in solidarity with Indigenous groups on Thursday 3 October to show Ricardo Salles, the Brazilian environment minister, he is not welcome.
A special investigation from Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Lucy Michaels in London, Dominic Phillips, André Campos and Diego Junqueira in Sao Paulo and Claire Smyth in Belfast.