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In Latin America, energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Banks bet big on fossil fuels, boosting financing in 2024, report finds

The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism

Indigenous guards: The shield of Colombia’s Amazon

Nicaragua government tied to illegal land invasions in wildlife refuge, documents suggest

Brazil’s Indigenous Akroá Gamella reclaim and restore their land, one patch at a time

Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom

UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities

Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River

‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal under fire as Amazon prosecutors seek repeal

EU appetite for EVs drives new wave of deforestation in tropical forests

On remote Indonesia karst outpost, Indigenous farmers fear the silence of the yams

Unnoticed oil & gas threat looms for Indigenous people near Amazon blocks

In a big win, Yurok Nation reclaims vital creek and watershed to restore major salmon run

Mining company returns to haunt Thailand’s Karen communities as resistance mounts

Police in Indonesia’s Halmahera Island charge 11 farmers in latest nickel flashpoint

EUDR risk classifications omit governance & enforcement failures, critics say

Brazil set to blast 35 km river rock formation for new Amazon shipping route

A fragile win as Indonesia cancels high-risk mine permit after court ruling

USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area

Ahead of hosting COP30, Brazil is set to weaken environmental licensing

Amazon illegal gold mines drive sex trafficking in the Brazil-Guyana border

Conservation tech without Indigenous knowledge and local context has limits (commentary)

Deforestation and fires persist in Indonesia’s pulpwood and biomass plantations

Meet Pedro Porras, the priest who first rediscovered Amazon ancient cities

Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push

Indigenous rights advocates petition to overturn Indonesian conservation law

Chile draws road map for peace in Mapuche land conflict, but concerns remain

In New Guinea, megadiverse lowland forests are most at risk of deforestation

Delay in land reform fuels new wave of settlers and violence in the Amazon

Soldiers raid village as tensions flare over DRC’s Kamoa mine expansion

German supermarket palm oil linked to Indigenous rights abuses in Guatemala

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