Beyond the limelight, film star Forest Whitaker has a second life, creating peace centers that turn wartime refugees into peacemakers and Web-savvy global citizens. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new initiative led by Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment plans to financially reward conservationists of the planet’s tropical forests. In an ...

World Forest ID has worked with nonprofits, governments and enforcement agencies to track deforestation, provide scientific evidence for court cases, and keep a check on sanctioned Russian timber in ...

Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami is an advocate for his people and president of the Hutukara Yanomami Association. Last week, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, a shaman of the Yanomami peoples who is sometimes ...