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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, 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

Brazilian beef industry plays outsized role in tropical carbon emissions: report

Zoe Sullivan 3 Oct 2019
Forest in West Papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil giant Korindo silences critical report with cease-and-desist letter

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2019

Deforestation increase dovetails with armed conflict in Colombia, study finds

Antonio José Paz Cardona 18 Sep 2019

A Papuan village finds its forest caught in a web of corporate secrecy

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 16 Sep 2019

On an island coveted by miners, villagers prepare to raise a ruckus

Ian Morse 13 Sep 2019

Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 3 Sep 2019

Brazilian response to Bolsonaro policies and Amazon fires grows

Sue Branford 30 Aug 2019

Misinformation and blame spread concerning sources of Amazon fires

Jenny Gonzales 28 Aug 2019

Bolsonaro expresses ‘love’ for Amazon as it burns, offers no policy shift

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 26 Aug 2019

Indonesia picks coal and oil heartland as site of new capital city

Basten Gokkon 26 Aug 2019
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

Precision conservation: High tech to the rescue in the Peruvian Amazon

Lisa Palmer 15 Aug 2019

Peru: Invaders claim their first victim at the Macuya Forest Investigation Center

Yvette Sierra Praeli 9 Aug 2019

Red flags as Indonesia eyes relocating its capital city to Borneo

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2019

New film reveals at-risk ‘uncontacted’ Awá tribe in Brazilian Amazon

Karla Mendes 1 Aug 2019

Peru’s crackdown on coca pushes illegal growers toward protected areas

Vanessa Romo 30 Jul 2019

Authorities investigate murder of indigenous leader in Brazilian Amazon

Thais Borges 30 Jul 2019

Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act

Sue Branford 12 Jul 2019

Cargill rejects Cerrado soy moratorium, pledges $30 million search for ideas

Sarah Sax 10 Jul 2019

Peru: Madre de Dios land defenders face trouble whether they report crimes or not

Vanessa Romo 5 Jul 2019

Customary land map, a first for Indonesia, launches to mixed reception

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Roraima state at mercy of 2019 wildfires as federal funds dry up

Caio de Freitas Paes 25 Jun 2019

Peruvian communities demanding crude cleanup brace for more oil activity

Barbara Fraser 14 Jun 2019

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

John Cannon 11 Jun 2019

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