Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests
A new initiative to mobilize at least $1 billion to reward tropical countries for halting deforestation was announced April 22, Earth Day, at the Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by…
Articles by Aurora Solá
Aurora Solá is a writer and filmmaker probing the web of interactions between people and landscapes. You can find her on Twitter at @sighlab.
New beef scorecard measures brands against their deforestation promises
A new review published by environmental nonprofit Mighty Earth measures 15 of the biggest global food brands by their own commitments to provide consumers with deforestation-free beef products, spotlighting the…
Beef giant JBS vows to go deforestation-free — 14 years from now
JBS, the largest animal protein producer on Earth, made headlines last week with a commitment to achieve zero deforestation across its global supply chain by 2035 and net-zero greenhouse gas…
Colombia’s national parks at a crossroads as new director installed
It happened the way it so often does in Colombia: the government announced a new official appointment and outrage ensued. As the year 2020 drew to a close, the minister…
Geography on the plate: The culinary rediscovery of Colombia’s biodiversity
In a small, sprightly basement office in the neighborhood of Chapinero in Bogotá, navigating the winds of political dysphoria and generalized uncertainty that have characterized the year the world over,…
Technology innovations look to change the cacao landscape in Colombia
As Colombia searches for a way forward after a half-century of war, the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) could have a significant role to play. Called the food of the gods,…
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Forest Trackers
- Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river
- Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site
- Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
- Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area
Oceans
- Popular opposition halts a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven
- Absorbent and yellow and … mobile? Sea sponges on the move in Arctic Ocean
- “How do we manage fisheries in the midst of climate change?” Q&A with EDF’s Eric Schwaab
- Time is running out for embattled Pacific leatherback sea turtles
Amazon Conservation
- Karipuna people sue Brazil government for alleged complicity in land grabs
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them
- ‘Zero illegal deforestation’ – One more Bolsonaro distortion (commentary)
- Indigenous in São Paulo: Erased by a colonial education curriculum
Land rights and extractives
- With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics
- Total’s East African oil pipeline to go ahead despite stiff opposition
- Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve
- Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review
Endangered Environmentalists
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them
- Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing
- Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)
- Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary)
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
Conservation Effectiveness
- A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake
- Scientists in Costa Rica are growing new corals to save reefs
- Technology innovations look to change the cacao landscape in Colombia
- In mangrove restoration, custom solutions beat one-size-fits-all approach
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Relocating mangroves for Indonesian highway ‘not that easy,’ expert warns
- Indonesian governor’s arrest in road project points to more tainted contracts
- Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing
- Podcast: Omens and optimism for Sumatran orangutans
