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Jokowi asked to push indigenous rights through reluctant parliament

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 29 Jan 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016

Environmentalist gunned down by illegal miners in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Nov 2015

Concern grows for jailed Cambodian activists amid civil rights crackdown

Rod Harbinson 10 Nov 2015

Indigenous anti-dam activists converge in Sarawak from around the globe

Rod Harbinson 20 Oct 2015

Failure to engage local communities is costing investors big money, according to a new analysis

Mike Gaworecki 9 Oct 2015

Guatemalan activist murdered after court suspends palm oil company operations

Sandra Cuffe 30 Sep 2015

Harsh treatment for indigenous Botswanans ousted from Kalahari wildlife reserve

Michael Schwartz 21 Aug 2015

Promised task force on indigenous rights in Indonesia hits snag

Cory Rogers 15 Aug 2015

How sustainable and ethical is your seafood? New report ranks U.S. supermarkets

Ariel Mark 3 Aug 2015

Outrage at claims of migrants enslaved on Malaysian palm plantations

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2015

Damming Dissent: Community leaders behind bars in Guatemala after opposing hydro projects

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jul 2015

‘Green’ hydropower dam fuels charges of gross human rights violations

Shreya Dasgupta 27 May 2015

Red tape or repression? NGOs fight for a place in the new Bolivia they helped Evo Morales create

Alexandra Ellerbeck 22 May 2015

Nickel Mine, Lead Bullets: Maya Q’eqchi’ seek justice in Guatemala and Canada

Sandra Cuffe 19 May 2015

Killings of environmental activists jumped by 20 percent last year

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2015

Indonesia’s small islands being rapidly damaged by industrial activities

Ridzki R. Sigit 18 Mar 2015

Indonesia’s indigenous people still suffer human rights violations, says report

Loren Bell 18 Mar 2015

Mining activist released after being charged with terrorism, rebellion in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2015

New film highlights local resistance to Nicaragua’s canal

Jeremy Hance 11 Dec 2014

Indonesian government’s concession policy prioritizes companies over forest communities

Robert S. Eshelman 3 Nov 2014

Small chocolate company takes big steps toward conservation and human development

Andrew Mann 1 Oct 2014

After throwing out referendum, Ecuador approves oil drilling in Yasuni’s embattled heart

Jeremy Hance 2 Jun 2014

New report reveals human rights abuses by corporations, governments in the Amazon

Jordanna Dulaney 14 May 2014

Papua New Guinea pledges to cancel massive land grabs by timber companies

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2014

New web tool aims to help indigenous groups protect forests and navigate REDD+

Jeremy Hance 12 Mar 2014

The real cost of conservation: cheap protection rarely succeeds

Nika Levikov 3 Mar 2014

Africa to build world’s largest dam, but who will benefit?

Dr Liz Kimbrough 17 Dec 2013

Canada’s biggest logger loses eco-certification

Jeremy Hance 17 Dec 2013

Indonesian palm oil company demolishes homes and evicts villagers in week-long raid

Diana Parker 14 Dec 2013

Ecuador’s government shuts down indigenous rights organization over oil battle

Jeremy Hance 10 Dec 2013

Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia

Diana Parker 19 Nov 2013

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