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Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020

Key Amazon grain route blocked by Indigenous protest over funding, Grainrail

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 24 Aug 2020
Planet image of Altamira (-5.79, -53.69) in the State of Pará, Brazil taken on August 8, 2020. Courtesy of Planet.

Can we predict where Amazon fires will occur? And to what end?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2020

Harvard’s half-billion land stake in Brazil marred by conflict and abuse

Maurício Angelo 19 Aug 2020

Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Aug 2020

Indigenous best Amazon stewards, but only when property rights assured: Study

Sue Branford 17 Aug 2020
Microsoft Zoom Earth satellite image show a section of burned peatland in the region in Central Kalimantan where the rice project is planned.

Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Aug 2020

Favoring ayahuasca over hospitals, Indigenous Kokama see COVID-19 deaths drop in the Amazon

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 17 Aug 2020

Cameroon halts logging plans in Ebo Forest, home to tool-using chimps

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Aug 2020
Excavator working an acacia plantation in Riau, the Indonesian province that lost 22% of its primary forest cover between 2002 and 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

FSC slammed for slow probe into deforestation by firms linked to Indonesia’s richest man

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2020
Hotspot directly in the forest, next to a freshly deforested area, with Deter warning, in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso state. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

More than 260 major, mostly illegal Amazon fires detected since late May

Liz Kimbrough 13 Aug 2020

As Amazon tree loss worsens, political pressure grows, and Brazil hedges: Critics

Jenny Gonzales 10 Aug 2020

New Indigenous storytelling platform brings community perspectives to the world

Liz Kimbrough 10 Aug 2020

More than 500 dams planned inside protected areas: Study

Liz Kimbrough 5 Aug 2020

Brazil dismantles environmental laws via huge surge in executive acts: Study

Jenny Gonzales 5 Aug 2020

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2020

Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare program shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Aug 2020

Amazon gold mining wipes out rainforest regeneration for years: Study

Taran Volckhausen 4 Aug 2020

What is the controversy around palm oil?

Mongabay 4 Aug 2020

For tool-wielding chimps of Ebo Forest, logging plan is a ‘death sentence’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 Jul 2020

Goldminers overrun Amazon indigenous lands as COVID-19 surges

Jenny Gonzales 30 Jul 2020

A jaguar nicknamed “Short-Tail” the first known to cross between Belize and Guatemala

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jul 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Upgrade of Indonesian palm oil certification falls short, observers say

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jul 2020

Scientists launch ambitious conservation project to save the Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 27 Jul 2020

Niobium mining in Brazilian Amazon would cause significant forest loss: Study

Taran Volckhausen 24 Jul 2020
Sungai Utik river in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Expand conserved areas to boost global economy ravaged by COVID-19: Report

Chris Arsenault 23 Jul 2020

Forest restoration, not just halting deforestation, vital to Amazon

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2020

Photos: In southern Papua, navigating an alien world built on palm oil

Albertus Vembrianto 22 Jul 2020

Scientists measure Amazon drought and deforestation feedback loop: Study

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2020

World’s biggest meatpacker JBS bought illegally grazed Amazon cattle: Report

Sam Cowie 20 Jul 2020

Sounding the alarm about illegal logging? There’s an app for that

Liz Kimbrough 17 Jul 2020

Only a few ‘rotten apples’ causing most illegal Brazil deforestation: Study

Sarah Sax 17 Jul 2020

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