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Brazil’s BR-319 highway: The danger reaches a critical moment (commentary)

Palm oil deforestation makes comeback in Indonesia after decade-long slump

Grassroots efforts and an Emmy-winning film help Indigenous fight in Brazil

Ecuador-China free trade agreement poses serious environmental risks, critics say

Sanctioned timber baron wins new mining concessions in Cambodia’s Prey Lang

Outcry over deforestation as Suriname’s agriculture plans come to light

Thousands of tree species at risk of extinction in Atlantic Forest: study

Promise of full demarcation for isolated Amazon tribe rings hollow for some

Reversing progress, Indonesia pulp & paper drives up deforestation rates again

The year in rainforests: 2023

For forests, COP28 was better than expected, but worse than needed

Shrinking civil space and persistent logging: 2023 in review in Southeast Asia

Newly described tree species from Sumatra could be vital for threatened orangutans

Study: Singapore biodiversity loss is bad — but not as bad as previous estimate

Detailed NASA analysis finds Earth and Amazon in deep climate trouble

New dams in Cambodia pit ‘green’ hydropower against REDD+ project

COP28 cements goal to halt forest loss in 7 years, but where’s the money?

Major soy producers announce improved deforestation commitments—with caveats

Suriname preparing to clear Amazon for agriculture, documents suggest

Indigenous groups rebuke court OK for palm oil company to raze Papua forests

Chinese gold miners ‘illegally’ tearing up Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

Brazil cattle traceability program to limit deforestation in Pará state

Guatemala braces for unprecedented year of deforestation in Maya reserve

Cargill widens its deforestation-free goals, but critics say it’s not enough

Paradise lost? Brazil’s biggest bauxite mining firm denies riverine rights

In Brazil’s Amazon, a clandestine road threatens a pristine reserve

The coveted legacy of the ‘Man of the Hole’ and his cultivated Amazon forest

Growing rubber drives more deforestation than previously thought, study finds

End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

How the U.S. financial system props up illegal logging and mining

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon falls 22% in 2023

In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew

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