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Indigenous communities rise up against prison projects in Ecuador

Coal gasification, an old technology, is quietly expanding across Asia

Probe details the playbook of one of Amazon’s top land grabbers

Plans for bauxite mine in Suriname reignite Indigenous land rights debate

Should mining companies consider no-go zones where isolated Indigenous peoples live? (Commentary)

Mining in a forest conservation site clouds Republic of Congo’s carbon credit scheme

Krahô women lead Indigenous guard to protect territory in Brazil

El Salvador reverses landmark mining ban, setting up clash with activists

NGOs raise concerns over Borneo pilot of ‘jurisdictional’ certification for palm oil

After a searing Amazon fire season, experts warn of more in 2025

Amazon communities reap the smallest share of bioeconomy profits

The Amazon in 2025: Challenges and hopes as the rainforest takes center stage

IPBES report highlights Indigenous & local knowledge as key to ‘transformative change’

Farmers cleave to sago as mining industry digs deeper in Indonesia’s Maluku

Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane

The 10 Indigenous news stories that marked 2024

Brazil’s Lula approves 13 Indigenous lands after much delay, promises more to come

Brazil’s big push for tropical forest funding gets support for 2025 debut

Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units

‘Killed while poaching’: When wildlife enforcement blurs into violence

In the Philippines, persecuted Lumads push for Indigenous schools to be reopened

On Indonesia’s unique Enggano Island, palm oil takes root in an Indigenous society

Illegal timber from Amazon carbon credit projects reached Europe, U.S.

Recycling gold can tackle illegal mining in the Amazon, but is no silver bullet

Foreign investor lawsuits impede Honduras human rights & environment protections

Construction of Indonesia’s new capital sees port activity crowd out fishers

Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Gaps in Peru’s peatland policies harm conservation and Indigenous Shipibo: Study

Just energy transition reports urge care in surge to reach global renewable energy goals

Photos: The lives and forests bound to Indonesia’s nickel dreams

Brazil plans new reserves to curb deforestation near contested Amazon roads

Paraguay’s Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã communities fight invaders, fires and drought

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