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Uncontacted natives confirmed in Brazil

The real Avatar story: indigenous people fight to save their forest homes from corporate exploitation

Pope Benedict: environmental crisis requires review of world’s economic model

“Nature does not negotiate,” warns UN head on arrival in Copenhagen

African nations return to the negotiating table after walkout in Copenhagen

Brazil grants deforestation amnesty for farmers and ranchers

Rainforest tribe sues the Malaysian government for enabling deforestation

US think-tank: islands affected by global warming should wait for trickle-down money

Cattle company bulldozing UNESCO site, threatening uncontacted natives

Brazilian tribe owns carbon rights to Amazon rainforest land

Europe says US and China emission targets don’t go far enough

Malaysian land minister attacks credibility of young indigenous rape victims

Obama administration about to declare carbon dioxide a danger to the public, allowing regulation

Has Canada become the new climate villain (yes, that’s right, Canada)?

World requires radical new economic models to fight poverty and mitigate global warming

Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes win forest carbon payments

A fair deal for forest people: working to ensure that REDD forests bear fruit for local communities

The US will set emissions target, but is this a turning point for success at Copenhagen?

Efforts to slow climate change may put indigenous people at risk

Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Minister’s statements

Gibson Guitar under federal investigation for alleged use of illegal rainforest timber from Madagascar

Actions taken to save sharks ‘disappointing’

ICCAT fails to protect critically endangered tuna—again

Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

Tiger rescued from poachers in Malaysia perishes from injuries

Illegal logging trade from Myanmar to China slows, but doesn’t stop

Crisis averted for now, Peruvian natives will meet with Hunt Oil

Will Ecuador’s plan to raise money for not drilling oil in the Amazon succeed?

New reserve created in Cambodia with REDD in mind

Amazonian natives say they will defend tribal lands from Hunt Oil with “their lives”

Emotional call for palm oil industry to address environmental problems

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