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Asia’s biggest logging company accused of bribery, violence in Papua New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2010

Church of England drops mining company Vedanta due to indigenous rights concerns

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2010

Malaysian police destroy homes in Borneo indigenous community

Mongabay.com 20 Jan 2010

Uncontacted natives confirmed in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 10 Jan 2010

The real Avatar story: indigenous people fight to save their forest homes from corporate exploitation

Jeremy Hance 22 Dec 2009

Pope Benedict: environmental crisis requires review of world’s economic model

Jeremy Hance 15 Dec 2009

Rainforest tribe sues the Malaysian government for enabling deforestation

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2009

US think-tank: islands affected by global warming should wait for trickle-down money

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2009

Cattle company bulldozing UNESCO site, threatening uncontacted natives

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2009

Malaysian land minister attacks credibility of young indigenous rape victims

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2009

Has Canada become the new climate villain (yes, that’s right, Canada)?

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2009

World requires radical new economic models to fight poverty and mitigate global warming

Jeremy Hance 30 Nov 2009

Efforts to slow climate change may put indigenous people at risk

Mongabay.com 24 Nov 2009

Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2009

Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Minister’s statements

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2009

Palm oil developers in Papua New Guinea accused of deception in dealing with communities

Rhett A. Butler 25 Sep 2009

Dangers for journalists who expose environmental issues

Reporters Without Borders 19 Sep 2009

Peru suspends decree that triggered bloody conflict between Indians and police

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2009

Marine scientist calls for abstaining from seafood to save oceans

Jeremy Hance 8 Jun 2009

Oil or Death in the Amazon

Jennifer Jacobs 6 Jun 2009

Peruvian police kill 10 Indians in battle over Amazon oil drilling

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2009

Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land

Mongabay.com 28 May 2009

Indigenous forest management offers lessons in fighting global warming

Mongabay.com 22 Apr 2009

FARC killing Rainforest Indians in Colombia

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2009

Photo: Indigenous leaders form giant human banner to protest Amazon destruction

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2009

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Rhett A. Butler 2 Dec 2008

Malaysia’s indigenous people to get land rights for first time

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2008

Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2008

Last uncontacted tribe in Paraguay rapidly losing homeland

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2008

IP laws not helping indigenous people protect traditional knowledge (repost)

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2008

Peru’s uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Carbon conservation schemes will fail without forest people

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2008

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