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How Indonesia’s omnibus bill may impact fisheries compliance and enforcement (commentary)

Stephanie Juwana 8 May 2020
Sungai Utik river in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2020

Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild population

Basten Gokkon 8 May 2020
Yanomami community in northern Brazil saying ‘Go away, mining companies’. Image by Victor Moriyama/ISA.

The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?

Agência Pública, Anna Beatriz Anjos, Bruno Fonseca, Ciro Barros, José Cícero da Silva, Rafael Oliveira, Thiago Domenici 7 May 2020

As COVID-19 batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

COVID-19 no excuse for dropping guard against illegal fishing, Indonesia says

Basten Gokkon 1 May 2020

As calls to shutter wildlife markets grow, China struggles with an industry worth billions

Ashoka Mukpo 27 Apr 2020

Companies use COVID-19 to weaken standards, secure subsidies: Report

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020

Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

Indonesia’s miners exploit loopholes to avoid restoring mining sites

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Apr 2020

Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon

John Cannon 8 Apr 2020

Standoff over Philippines’ Didipio mines escalates despite COVID-19 lockdown

Mongabay.com 6 Apr 2020

Indonesian lawmakers push to pass deregulation bills as COVID-19 grips country

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Apr 2020

Tax exemptions on pesticides in Brazil add up to US$ 2.2 billion per year

Mariana Della Barba, Diego Junqueira, Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 1 Apr 2020

Plantation director in dispute with indigenous community is charged with illegal logging

Nurdin Tubaka 1 Apr 2020
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Inside the fight to save the Niger Delta red colobus

Orji Sunday 31 Mar 2020

Indonesian anti-graft enforcers set their sights on a new target: corporations

Ian Morse 31 Mar 2020

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2020

Ending illegal deforestation is good for our health (commentary)

Kerstin Canby 27 Mar 2020

New evidence suggests Ivorian timber merits tougher EUTR due diligence (commentary)

Brad Mulley 24 Mar 2020

New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 24 Mar 2020

‘Unbridled exploitation’: Mining amendments a boon for Indonesia’s coal industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2020

Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?

John Cannon 19 Mar 2020

The fight goes on for opponents of a Philippine mine given a new lease on life

Leilani Chavez 9 Mar 2020

Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts

John Cannon 2 Mar 2020
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

Deregulation bill hurts Indonesia’s fishers, coastal communities, experts say

Basten Gokkon 2 Mar 2020

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Edward Carver 28 Feb 2020

On anniversary of nun’s murder Amazon land rights activists at high risk

Sam Cowie 27 Feb 2020

Western monarch butterfly numbers critically low for second straight year

Liz Kimbrough 26 Feb 2020
In 2015, the largest seizure of Peruvian timber was made in the Yacu Kallpa vessel. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

California lawmakers introduce legislation to fight tropical deforestation

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Feb 2020

Deregulation in Indonesia: Economy first, environment later. Maybe

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Feb 2020

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