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Communities band together to save besieged reserve in Bolivia

Iván Paredes Tamayo 20 Nov 2024

Parties gutting EUDR received donations from companies tied to illegal deforestation: Report

Aimee Gabay 15 Nov 2024

The calm before the storm: The first half of the 20th century in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 14 Nov 2024

Using regenerative agriculture to heal the land and help communities: Q&A with Kaleka founder Silvia Irawan

Louise Hunt 12 Nov 2024

The rubber boom and its legacy in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Nov 2024
Oil palm plantation

New standard for ethical palm oil faces backlash before it’s even issued

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2024
A farmer extracts cacao beans from the pods in Colombia.

Is the delay of Europe’s deforestation regulation a cause for regret, or an opportunity? (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 5 Nov 2024
Gustina Salim Rambe with a lawyer.

Indonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school

Sri Wahyuni 5 Nov 2024

Brazil minister rejects EU deforestation law despite postponement plans

Shanna Hanbury 29 Oct 2024
Cattle herds in the Amazon and Cerrado tend to have few head of cattle per hectare. Restoring pastures can increase the number of cattle in the same amount of space, which researchers say could reduce the need for deforestation.

NGOs ask to include Brazilian Cerrado in the EUDR at next review

Aimee Gabay 29 Oct 2024
Banner image of Joan Carling, courtesy of Right Livelihood.

‘Treat us as partners, central actors’: Interview with Indigenous activist Joan Carling

Kristine Sabillo 22 Oct 2024

225 NGOs call on EU to reject delay to deforestation law

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2024
Oil palm plantation and native tropical rainforest on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler

Indonesia investigates suspected corruption in palm oil amnesty program

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Oct 2024
Banner image of Talang Parit community members. Image courtesy of AsM Law.

RSPO rules Samsung palm oil subsidiary violated Indigenous rights in Sumatra

Kristine Sabillo 17 Oct 2024

U.S. court approves historic settlement for Honduran farmers’ case against the World Bank’s IFC

Jared Olson 10 Oct 2024
Mature cacao fruit. Seeds from the pod are fermented, roasted and ground to make cocoa powder. Image courtesy of TMA.

The world’s chocolate cravings speed up deforestation in the Congo Basin: Study

Marlowe Starling 9 Oct 2024
Rinnie and Gary Shapiro in a peat swamp in Central Kalimantan. Photo credit: Rod Brindamour.

Orangutan conservation and communication: Gary Shapiro’s half-century journey from zoos to the wilds of Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Oct 2024
In five years since the 2018-19 fiscal, Khulna, Bagerhat, and Satkhira districts recorded increased production of Aman rice. Image courtesy of BARCIK

Coastal farmers in Bangladesh give up shrimp farming for agriculture to combat salinity

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2024
Women make up a considerable proportion of the coffee farmers in the area.

Coffee agroforestry holds promise for smallholder growers in Malawi

Charles Mpaka 7 Oct 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024
Two workers sift through plastic waste collected for recycling.

Bangladesh’s new government implements strong measures to eliminate single-use plastic

Abu Siddique 2 Oct 2024
Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests

US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Sep 2024

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2024
Commodities such as corn, cattle and soy are major drivers of deforestation yet receive heavy financing from banks. Image © Marizilda Cruppe/Greenpeace.

Investors urge banks to cut commodity-driven deforestation

Shanna Hanbury 16 Sep 2024

For Indonesian oil palm farmers, EU’s deforestation law is another top-down imposition

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 5 Sep 2024
A fruit seller with peeled papaya in a market in Bangladesh.

Crop fields make way for profitable orchards in Bangladesh, imperiling food security

Abu Siddique 3 Sep 2024

Indonesia’s Farwiza Farhan among Ramon Magsaysay awardees for protecting Leuser Ecosystem

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 2 Sep 2024
Tiger in India. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

As in India, tigers in Nepal may seek refuge in sugarcane fields

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Aug 2024
The government has temporarily stopped Pacitan mining operations.

Polluting copper mine in Java suspended as farmers decry lost crops

Asad Asnawi 30 Aug 2024

Study shows most Amazon beef & soy demand comes from Brazil — not exports

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Aug 2024
Cattle raising in recently destroyed forestland in the municipality Aripuanã, in Mato Grosso state.

Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 13 Aug 2024

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