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In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining

Carol Sánchez 13 Dec 2021

Lack of resolution mechanisms allow palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Nov 2021

At a ‘certified’ palm oil plantation in Nigeria, soldiers and conflict over land

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Nov 2021

Struggle endures for Philippine community pitted against gold miner

Karlston Lapniten 9 Nov 2021

In Peru’s Amazon, deforestation and crime sweep through Indigenous communities

Yvette Sierra Praeli 6 Nov 2021

Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction

Juliana Ennes 3 Sep 2021

Vale told Brazil communities they were in danger. They say Vale wants their land

Isis Medeiros 3 Sep 2021

Global demand for manganese puts Kayapó Indigenous land under pressure

Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini 14 Jul 2021
By Serouj (courtesy of Pan-Armenian Environmental Front) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Reconciliation through ecological collaboration (Commentary)

William F. Laurance 13 Jul 2021

Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jul 2021

In Colombia, end of war meant start of runaway deforestation, study finds

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 25 Jun 2021

Land conflicts in Brazil break record under Bolsonaro

Juliana Ennes 2 Jun 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa 70% of the population lives from agriculture — and specifically rainfall agriculture.

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Saul Elbein 10 May 2021

Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2021

Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines

Purple Romero 28 Apr 2021
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Gas fields and jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado becomes a resource-rich war zone

Ashoka Mukpo 26 Apr 2021

Palm oil conflicts persist amid lack of resolution in Indonesian Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2021

‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects

Karlston Lapniten 26 Feb 2021

‘Hungry’ palm oil, pulpwood firms behind Indonesia land-grab spike: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Feb 2021

Mob killing of Malagasy officer spotlights risks faced by forest guardians

Malavika Vyawahare and Rivonala Razafison 2 Feb 2021
Gold mining is a major threat to the forests and biodiversity of the Peruvian Amazon, including protected areas. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Environmental assassinations bad for business, new research shows

Genevieve Belmaker 20 Jan 2021

Cat fight: Jaguar ambushes ocelot in rare camera trap footage

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jan 2021

Historical analysis: The Amazon’s mineral wealth — curse or blessing?

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 21 Dec 2020

Brazil sees record number of bids to mine illegally on Indigenous lands

Eduardo Goulart de Andrade, Hyury Potter, Naira Hofmeister and Pedro Papini 13 Nov 2020

Indonesian parliament to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with Indigenous group

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jul 2020

Groups demand financial, human rights probes into palm conglomerate Korindo

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jul 2020

Indonesian court jails indigenous farmers for ‘stealing’ from land they claim

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jun 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020

Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province

John Cannon 11 May 2020
Yanomami community in northern Brazil saying ‘Go away, mining companies’. Image by Victor Moriyama/ISA.

The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?

Agência Pública, Anna Beatriz Anjos, Bruno Fonseca, Ciro Barros, José Cícero da Silva, Rafael Oliveira, Thiago Domenici 7 May 2020

Journo arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2020

Flooding devastates Ecuador’s indigenous communities in the Amazon

Aimee Gabay 1 May 2020

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