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‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone

How we calculated Korindo’s revenues from clearing Papuan rainforest

‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant

How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire

The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?

‘Betting on impunity’: Brazilian Amazon under attack despite logging crackdown

Indonesia struggles to restore peatlands as fires strangle national parks

New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019

Marijuana cultivation whittling away Madagascar’s largest connected forest

Illegal logging ‘mafia’ stripping hornbill habitat in Northeast India

Tech made to find galaxies sets its sights on wildfires

Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, hastens ecosystem collapse

‘They never intended to conserve it’: Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve

Takeover of Nigerian reserve highlights uphill battle to save forests

Healing the world through ‘radical listening’: Q&A with Dr. Kinari Webb

Colombian indigenous groups rush to protect elders, leaders from COVID-19

A tale of two Nigerian reserves underscores importance of community

Palm oil gains ground in Chiapas, Mexico

National parks pay the price as land conflicts intensify in Colombia

Fallout: Threatened species in Australia continue to struggle after fires

‘Out of control’: Unprecedented fires ravage Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

Massacre in Nicaragua: Four indigenous community members killed for their land

Carbon uptake slower than expected in Amazon secondary forest: Study

Rare trees are disappearing as ‘wood pirates’ log Bolivian national parks

Colombia’s ‘Heart of the World’: Mining, megaprojects overrun indigenous land

Communities in Ecuador fight back against palm oil

Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest

Palm oil, fire pushing protected areas in Honduras to the ‘point of no return’

2019: The year rainforests burned

Illegal gold rush causing ‘irreversible damage’ to rivers in the Brazilian Amazon

Tropical forests’ lost decade: the 2010s

Coca farms close in on protected areas, isolated tribes in Peruvian Amazon

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