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‘Catastrophic failure’: World’s indigenous communities lack rights to 75% of their land

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Oct 2015

‘Maybe that’s why there’s so many fires’: Was a peat swamp illegitimately stripped of protected status in Indonesia?

Jay Fajar, Sapariah Saturi 2 Oct 2015

New reserves in Colombia protect endangered species in a ‘Pleistocene refuge’

Mike Gaworecki 1 Oct 2015

Trafficked tropical animals: the ghost exports of Venezuela

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 1 Oct 2015

Singapore takes legal action against 5 Indonesian companies over haze

1 Oct 2015

NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2015

Policing domestic wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 30 Sep 2015

Norway pledges $47M/yr to help Congo countries save forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2015

Can Liberia succeed in balancing palm oil with conservation?

Sara Jerving 29 Sep 2015

New report aims to show companies how they can actually achieve zero deforestation in their supply chains

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2015

First-ever video of squirrel rumored to kill and eat deer

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2015

Match the footprint: error-prone method of identifying wild cats

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2015

An alternative to help companies fulfill zero deforestation pledges

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2015

As haze chokes Sumatra, farmers ask Jokowi for greater land rights

Sapariah Saturi, Taufik Wijaya 28 Sep 2015
In the last 25 years, that land has been continuously trespassed by illegal loggers – a threat not only to the forest itself, but to the Indians, victims of life threats, attempts and murders. Tired of waiting for the Brazilian government to take action even after several reports, the Ka’apor people developed an independent project to monitor and cast out trespassers from their land. After a request for help, Greenpeace joined the Ka’apor to boost that surveillance plan with the aid of technology, like trackers and trap cams, which could be installed by the Ka’apor themselves. Fronteira da Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Ka’apor, com o avanço do desmatamento em áreas vizinhas, no estado do Maranhão. Distribuída em cerca de 530 mil hectares, a Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Ka’apor, representa uma das últimas extensões de floresta amazônica no Maranhão. Nos últimos 25 anos, esse território tem sido continuamente invadido por madeireiros ilegais, que representam não apenas uma ameaça à floresta, mas também aos índios, vítimas frequentes de ameaças, assassinatos e atentados contra as suas lideranças. Cansados de esperar por uma atitude das autoridades brasileiras depois de inúmeras denúncias, os Ka’apor desenvolveram um projeto independente de monitoramento para expulsar os invasores de suas terras. Atendendo a um pedido de ajuda desse povo o Greenpeace auxiliou o povo Ka’apor a agregar a esse sistema de autovigilância o uso de tecnologias, como rastreadores e trap cams, que poderiam ser implementadas pelos próprios indígenas e fornecer evidências mais contundentes e pressionar ainda mais o governo brasileiro. Agosto de 2015.

Indigenous group, Greenpeace partner to track illegal logging in the Amazon

Caleb O'Brien 26 Sep 2015

Crocodile conservationist awarded Field Museum’s prestigious prize

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2015
Armand Marozafy dismantling a poacher's trap within Masoala National Park in Madagascar in 2004. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nature guide freed in Madagascar 5 months after arrest for exposing rosewood trade

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2015

In haze-choked Palangkaraya, air quality five times ‘hazardous’ levels

Jenito, Sapariah Saturi 25 Sep 2015

Belo Monte dam denied operating license by Brazilian regulators

Mike Gaworecki 25 Sep 2015

UN study warns agricultural subsidies are threatening forests and conservation programs

John Cannon 24 Sep 2015

Opponents of Malaysian dam project cautiously optimistic about moratorium

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2015

Scientists find a fix for a ‘frog’s worst nightmare’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Sep 2015

Regrown rainforests degrade after farm-fallow cycles take hold

Jonathan Galka 23 Sep 2015

Could a new map save the Sumatran rhino?

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Sep 2015

Many solutions to Southeast Asia’s haze problem proposed, but no end in sight

Mike Gaworecki 22 Sep 2015

Indian Court protects Greenpeace against government crackdown again

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Sep 2015

Who’s responsible for Indonesia’s fires?

Jogi Sirait 22 Sep 2015

Second largest palm oil producer in Indonesia commits to zero deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 21 Sep 2015

Using art and technology to save the Amazon

Nika Levikov 21 Sep 2015

New study exposes true costs of converting mangroves in Southeast Asia

Mike Gaworecki 21 Sep 2015

Agroforestry in spotlight ahead of Jokowi’s trip to New York

Ethan Harfenist 19 Sep 2015

Cargill commits to removing deforestation from supply chain by 2030

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

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