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Five murdered in 2020 Brazilian Amazon land conflicts, adding to 2019 surge

Sam Cowie 14 Jan 2020

Indonesia’s push to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2020

Communities in Brazilian Cerrado besieged by global demand for soy

Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 13 Jan 2020

Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2020 could see revived Amazon mining assault — part two

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 31 Dec 2019

Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2019 brings death by 1,000 cuts to Amazon — part one

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 30 Dec 2019

Amazon’s Mura indigenous group demands input over giant mining project

Thais Borges; Sue Branford; and Mauricio Torres 27 Dec 2019

Mega-mining project slated for Brazilian Amazon sparks controversy

Thais Borges; Sue Branford; and Mauricio Torres 26 Dec 2019

Antonio Donato Nobre: “The forest is sick and losing its carbon-sequestration capacity”

Sibélia Zanon 23 Dec 2019

Brazil on the precipice: from environmental leader to despoiler (2010-2020)

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 23 Dec 2019

COP25: Brazil’s official presence diverges widely from its public persona

Camila Nobrega 13 Dec 2019

Evidence ‘unfounded’ against NGO volunteers accused of setting Amazon fires

Shanna Hanbury 9 Dec 2019

In Indonesia, a tourism village holds off a nickel mine — for now

Ian Morse 8 Dec 2019

‘Everything is dying’: Q&A with Brazilian indigenous leader Alessandra Munduruku

Camila Nobrega 27 Nov 2019

Brazil investigates agribusiness bribes to judges for favorable land rulings

Maurício Angelo 27 Nov 2019

Watchdog denounces arrests of four anti-mining activists in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 26 Nov 2019

Brazil works behind scene to greenlight Manaus-Boa Vista transmission line

Caio de Freitas Paes 20 Nov 2019

Activists fighting for their lands swept up in Philippines crackdown

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2019

Brazil’s ‘coconut breakers’ feel the squeeze of Cerrado development

Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 12 Nov 2019

Palm owner charged with ordering murder of two journalists in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 11 Nov 2019

FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations, even with redactions

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Nov 2019

Indonesian journalists critical of illegal palm plantation found dead

Ayat S. Karokaro 4 Nov 2019

Indonesia protests: Land bill at center of unrest

Basten Gokkon, Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Nov 2019

‘Guardian of the Forest’ ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon

Karla Mendes 2 Nov 2019

A Sumatran forest community braces for battle against a planned coal mine

Suryadi 29 Oct 2019

Indigenous and riverine communities unite to fight Amazon invaders

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 29 Oct 2019

As Bolsonaro meets with Xi, China silent on Brazil environmental crisis

Shanna Hanbury 28 Oct 2019

As 2019 Amazon fires die down, Brazilian deforestation roars ahead

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 23 Oct 2019

Indonesian villagers fighting planned mine garner national support

Ian Morse 22 Oct 2019

Violence against indigenous peoples explodes in Brazil

Clarissa Beretz 17 Oct 2019

Seeking justice against palm oil firms, victims call out banks behind them

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Oct 2019

Settlers, soldiers and insurgents close in on Colombia’s indigenous Jiw

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 9 Oct 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

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