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COP26: “Work with nature in forest restoration,” says respected journalist

Sue Branford 4 Nov 2021

Ecuador’s consultation process for Indigenous lands comes under the microscope

Kimberley Brown 4 Nov 2021
China-funded road-construction project in the Congo Basin. Credit: William Laurance.

Infrastructure projects in Congo Basin need greater oversight, report says

Jim Tan 4 Nov 2021
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

COP26 deforestation-ending commitment must hold leaders accountable (commentary)

Steve Trent 3 Nov 2021

The ‘net zero’ bridge to saving the Amazon (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad 3 Nov 2021

COP26 Glasgow Declaration: Salvation or threat to Earth’s forests?

Justin Catanoso 3 Nov 2021

$1.7 billion pledged in support of Indigenous and local communities’ land tenure

Laurel Sutherland 2 Nov 2021

WWF distances itself from rights abuses at U.S. congressional hearing

Latoya Abulu, Laurel Sutherland 2 Nov 2021

2°C warming limit? More like 3°C and hotter, leading climate scientists say

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2021

For Indonesian farmers used to ‘instant’ results, going organic is a tough sell

Wahyu Chandra 2 Nov 2021

COP-26: Amazonia’s Indigenous peoples are vital to fighting global warming (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 2 Nov 2021

‘People don’t know the Yanomami’: Q&A with filmmakers Davi Kopenawa & Luiz Bolognesi

Débora Pinto 2 Nov 2021

As fossil fuel use surges, will COP26 protect forests to slow climate change?

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2021

Hundreds of NGOs sign open letter calling to halt “illegal activities” in DRC’s protected areas

Soraya Kishtwari 30 Oct 2021

Indonesian farmers resisting an iron mine run up against a sultan

Arif Koes Hernawan, Cahyo Purnomo Edi, Lusia Arumingtyas, Mariyana Ricky PD, Soetana Monang Hasibuan 28 Oct 2021

Banking on deforestation: Top lenders make $1.7b from agribusiness deals

Malavika Vyawahare 28 Oct 2021
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s ‘green’ electricity plan undermines its climate vows, activists say

Basten Gokkon 28 Oct 2021

A new 100-page report raises alarm over Chevron’s impact on planet

Genevieve Belmaker, Laurel Sutherland 28 Oct 2021

What makes a ‘refugee’? It could be a life-or-death question in the climate crisis

Ashoka Mukpo 28 Oct 2021

Philippine wetland oil riches untouched by war now up for grabs in peacetime

Bong S. Sarmiento 28 Oct 2021
Indigenous woman speaking at COP25

Indigenous leaders to push for land tenure rights as climate solution at COP26

Sandra Cuffe 27 Oct 2021

Deprived of their forests, Uganda’s Batwa adapt their sustainable practices

Adolf Ayoreka 27 Oct 2021

BR-319 highway hearings: An attack on Brazil’s interests and Amazonia’s future (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 26 Oct 2021

Bolsonaro evades genocide blame amid Indigenous deaths by invaders, COVID-19

Fernanda Wenzel 25 Oct 2021

$200 million in gold extracted in Amazon mine through illegal licenses

Hyury Potter 25 Oct 2021

Indigenous group faces eviction for ‘New Bali’ tourism project in Sumatra

Tonggo Simangunsong 25 Oct 2021

On Nigeria-Cameroon border, joint patrols throw a lifeline to threatened apes

Orji Sunday 25 Oct 2021

‘Unequal exchange’ for Brazil community in shadow of Anglo American mine

Shanna Hanbury 22 Oct 2021

Paraguay failed to stop soy farms from poisoning Indigenous land, UN says

Maxwell Radwin 21 Oct 2021

Report: Luxury carmakers still sourcing deforestation-linked leather from Paraguay

Laurel Sutherland 21 Oct 2021
Sea turtle swimming under sunset.

Half-Earth, conservation, and hope: An interview with E.O. Wilson, Paula Ehrlich and Sir Tim Smit    

Liz Kimbrough 20 Oct 2021

Green groups call for scrapping of $300m loan offer for Borneo road project

Basten Gokkon 20 Oct 2021

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