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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, Mauricio 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, Mauricio 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, Mauricio 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

Q&A with Abdon Nababan, outgoing head of Indonesia’s indigenous peoples alliance

Philip Jacobson 13 Mar 2017
Participants at a press conference in Quito last Thursday included Shuar community members Tuntiak Katan, far right, and Elvia Dagua, second from right. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay

Indigenous leaders denounce Ecuadorian government over mining conflicts

Kimberley Brown 13 Mar 2017

Amazon Soy Moratorium: defeating deforestation or greenwash diversion?

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 8 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

The changing face of Amazon development: from land grab to eco-lodge

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 23 Feb 2017

Judge halts excavation plans for largest-ever Brazilian goldmine

Zoe Sullivan 22 Feb 2017

Wilmar grabbed indigenous lands in Sumatra, RSPO finds

Rachel Diaz-Bastin 16 Feb 2017

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