In 2023, a group of small communities in Ecuador ousted the world's largest copper mining company from their community forest reserve, asserting that the company was violating the "rights of…
Peru signed a deal last week that will redirect millions of dollars of international debt to environmental efforts in the Amazon rainforest, a move that could help it meet long-term…
The U.S. government will redirect $31.8 million in debt payments owed to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) by the Philippines to establish a conservation fund for endangered rainforests…
Nepenthes rafflesiana, tanaman kendi besar yang biasa ditemukan di hutan rawa Kalimantan. Foto oleh: Rhett A. Butler. AS memaafkan utang sebanyak 28.500 dollar Amerika ke Indonesia untuk upaya pelestarian hutan…
Nepenthes rafflesiana, a large pitcher plant commonly found in swampy forests of Borneo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The US is forgiving $28.5 million in debt to Indonesia for forest…
The U.S. government announced the first grants under the first phase of its 2009 Tropical Forests Conservation Act agreement with Indonesia. USAID will provide five grants over the next three…
75 percent of birds and dung beetles remain even after a forest is logged twice. The United States will cut Brazil's debt payments by $21 million under a debt-for-nature that…
The United States will forgive nearly $30 million in debt owed by Indonesia in exchange for increased protection of endangered rainforests on the island of Sumatra, reports the Wall Street…
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week unanimously passed the Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009 (S. 345) introduced by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry…
Globalization drives a bubble in Indonesia's seaweed market Peru gets $25M in debt relief to fund rainforest conservation mongabay.com October 22, 2008
Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations? Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com July 16, 2007 [Jakarta Post version published Aug…
New bird species discovered in Colombia $24 million debt-for-nature swap in Guatemala mongabay.com October 5, 2006 Tropical forest conservation efforts in Guatemala will receive $24 million under a debt-for-nature swap…
Debt-for-Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon Debt-for-Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon World Wildlife Fund June 22, 2006 Further conservation needed to protect forests from destruction France and Cameroon signed…
