An organisation representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs.

Fifteen members of Earth’s most threatened tribe have travelled to Brazil’s capital to urge the government to evict illegal invaders and protect their land.

Yanomami Indians have appealed to Venezuela’s government to tackle the "presence and impacts" of illegal goldmining, rather than deny the problem exists.

Brazil has three months to evict illegal loggers from land belonging to Earth’s most threatened tribe before it will be in breach of a court order.