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Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s plantation lobby challenges environmental law

Basten Gokkon, Lusia Arumingtyas 7 Jun 2017

Philippines’ indigenous Higaonon fight for return of ancestral land

Brad Miller 1 Jun 2017

Brazil assaults indigenous rights, environment, social movements

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Jun 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

Brazil agribusiness company accuses ally Temer in secret bribe taping

Jenny Gonzales 23 May 2017

A stubborn dreamer who fought to save Amazon’s Waimiri-Atroari passes

Sue Branford 18 May 2017

Wilmar appeals RSPO ruling that it grabbed indigenous lands in Sumatra

Rachel Diaz-Bastin 17 May 2017

Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous groups, activists risk arrest to blockade logging in Malaysia

Rod Harbinson 8 May 2017

“We don’t believe in words anymore”: Indians stand against Temer govt.

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 3 May 2017

A return to mixed roots in a Sumatran forest

Dedek Hendry 2 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Indigenous communities resisting dams in Indonesia claim they face repression, rights abuses

Eko Rusdianto 27 Apr 2017

Amazon’s fate hangs on outcome of war between opposing worldviews

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Apr 2017
Indigenous Arhuaco peoples ride toward the forest in Colombia. Photo by Bram Ebus for Mongabay.

Colombia’s indigenous Arhuaco awarded 500 hectares in ongoing bid to regain ancestral lands

Bram Ebus 26 Apr 2017

The land is forever: Rodrigo Tot wins Goldman Prize for land-title quest

Sandra Cuffe 24 Apr 2017

Mapping indigenous lands in Indonesia’s tallest mountains

Wahyu Mulyono 21 Apr 2017

Crystal Davis, director of Global Forest Watch, on conservation and Big Data

Mike Gaworecki 18 Apr 2017

Land titling for indigenous communities leads to forest protection, peer-reviewed study finds

Mike Gaworecki 10 Apr 2017

Ex-mine security head cleared of murder, assault against indigenous Guatemalans

Sandra Cuffe 10 Apr 2017

Rio Tinto walks away from environmental responsibility for Bougainville’s Panguna mine

Catherine Wilson 6 Apr 2017

Indigenous groups, Amazon’s best land stewards, under federal attack

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 5 Apr 2017

In remote Indonesian villages, indigenous communities fight a hydropower dam

Eko Rusdianto 30 Mar 2017
From the series "The Blood Forest" by photographer Philippe Echaroux.

Indigenous peoples in Colombia play crucial role in the fight against climate change

Bart Crezee 30 Mar 2017

New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring

Mike Gaworecki 28 Mar 2017

Panama’s Barro Blanco dam to begin operation, indigenous pleas refused

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 24 Mar 2017

Jokowi reiterates commitment to indigenous rights

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2017

First woman to lead world’s largest indigenous peoples alliance

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2017

Indonesia’s indigenous peoples will have to keep waiting for a promised task force on their rights

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2017

Clothing giant VF Corporation adopts sustainable forestry policy

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2017

Jokowi cancels appearance at rare indigenous peoples congress

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2017

Shuar people ask for their president’s freedom amid mining dispute

Daniela Aguilar 14 Mar 2017

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