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Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024

Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat

As Sumatra loses mangroves to oil palms, local fishers also suffer

Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas

Study: REDD+ doesn’t work without Indigenous peoples, but fails to engage them

Cambodian logging syndicate tied to major U.S. wood flooring supply chains

In Bolivia, Indigenous communities struggle to rebuild as wildfires return

Prospect of mining is a bitter pill for Afro-Brazilian community known for its honey

Cambodian environment minister bans logging at tycoon’s Cardamoms hydropower project

As Ghana pushes mining in forests, a cautionary tale from a fading forest

Ghana hollows out forests and green protections to advance mining interests

The promise of ecocide law, from boardroom to courtroom (commentary)

Expanding the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon through gold mining

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

Hydropower dams further undermine REDD+ efforts in Cambodia

History repeats as logging linked to Cambodian hydropower dam in Cardamoms

Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities

Activists decry latest arrests of East African oil pipeline opponents

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

‘Non-market’ solutions to deforestation need more support, advocates say

Is the extractive sector really favorable for the Pan Amazon’s economy?

Indigenous community fights to save its lands on Indonesia’s historic tin island

Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land – investigation

Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia

Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach

Resort in Philippines’ protected Chocolate Hills sparks uproar, probes

In Cambodia, an official’s cashew factory churns out timber from a protected forest

Conservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina

India’s new forest rules spark dismay — and hope: Q&A with activist Soumitra Ghosh

‘Immense body of knowledge’ at stake in Cambodia’s Prey Lang as deforestation soars

Chinese gold miners ‘illegally’ tearing up Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

New study pushes for protection of one of Africa’s ‘least understood treasures’

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