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Promised task force on indigenous rights in Indonesia hits snag

Cory Rogers 15 Aug 2015

Nine months in, how has Jokowi fared on the environment?

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2015

‘Criminalization’ of local people in Indonesian province rife amid oil palm, coal booms

Yustinus S. Hardjanto 1 Jul 2015

NGOs, activists fret new role for Indonesia’s spy agency

Cory Rogers 29 Jun 2015

Indigenous Indonesians file land claim against IndoMet coal project

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

Director-generals inaugurated as merger of Indonesian Environment, Forestry Ministries continues

Sapariah Saturi 2 Jun 2015

Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans

Greg Norman 28 May 2015

Land redistribution in Zimbabwe threatens wildlife and human populations

Brittany Stewart 29 Apr 2015

Killings of environmental activists jumped by 20 percent last year

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2015

Farmers fall short in legal challenge to Java cement plant

Tommy Apriando 20 Apr 2015

Reservations about Indonesian ‘land reform’ as details unclear

Sapariah Saturi 2 Apr 2015

Riau misses deadline on ‘village forest’ project as zoning deadlock continues

Made Ali 19 Mar 2015

Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

John Cannon 12 Mar 2015

Indigenous communities in Paraguay threatened by deforestation despite having land rights

Ariel Mark 17 Feb 2015

Deforestation puts cultural survival of forest-dependent peoples at risk

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2014

Developing land without approval of local people ‘a human rights issue of grave concern,’ says new report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 20 Nov 2014

Indonesian government’s concession policy prioritizes companies over forest communities

Robert S. Eshelman 3 Nov 2014

Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2014

The cheap option on climate change: recognize indigenous rights to forests

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2014

‘The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood’: authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2014

Indonesia to verify ownership of 66M ha of disputed forest land

Loren Bell 4 Sep 2014

Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples’ grievances on land disputes

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Study warns of possible REDD+ land grab

Diana Parker 30 Mar 2014

Indigenous communities demand forest rights, blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation

Diana Parker 25 Mar 2014

Featured video: indigenous tribe faces loggers, ranchers, and murder in bid to save their forests

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2014

Cocaine: the new face of deforestation in Central America

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Mar 2014

Indonesia urged to implement decision recognizing indigenous rights to land

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2013

Murum dam blockaders may be suffering human rights violations warns NGOs

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2013

40% of Brazil’s rural area owned by 1.4% of landholders

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2013

Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra

Diana Parker 15 Oct 2013

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