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Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016

Oil pipeline sparks fierce opposition among American tribes and farmers

Saul Elbein 29 Aug 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

Indigenous Brazilians under threat from killings and resource projects: UN Rapporteur

Sandra Cuffe 4 Apr 2016

‘Exploitation crisis’: Civil war fueling ‘sharp rise’ in poaching and trafficking of South Sudan’s wildlife

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Mar 2016

India has most cases of social and environmental conflict, according to environmental justice atlas

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2016

‘Measured in human lives’: report finds EU and logging companies complicit in funding war

John Cannon 15 Sep 2015

Greenpeace re-engages with APP after response to activist’s killing

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 May 2015

Indonesia’s indigenous people still suffer human rights violations, says report

Loren Bell 18 Mar 2015

APP to end relationship with security contractor over villager’s killing

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2015

Police investigate villager’s murder in pulp and paper concession

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Mar 2015

Amazon tribe attacks oilfield in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2015

Embattled palm oil giant announces sustainability policy, but fails to win over critics

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2014

An end to unjust conservation? (commentary)

Harry Jonas and Dilys Roe 16 Nov 2014

Indonesian government’s concession policy prioritizes companies over forest communities

Robert S. Eshelman 3 Nov 2014

APP acknowledges historic land-grabbing in China, pledges reform

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Oct 2014

4 Ashaninka tribesmen killed by loggers in Peru

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2014

Indonesia to verify ownership of 66M ha of disputed forest land

Loren Bell 4 Sep 2014

Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples’ grievances on land disputes

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Malaysian palm oil giant loses PNG case, plantations declared illegal

Mongabay.com 24 May 2014

Special Report: Lake Toba indigenous people fight for their frankincense forest

Satria Eka Hadinaryanto 8 May 2014

Malaysian palm oil giant tied to social conflict, deforestation, says report

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2014

Clash with palm oil company leaves one indigenous community member dead in Sumatra

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Mar 2014

Land conflicts complicate effort to spare forests from palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jan 2014

Indonesian palm oil company demolishes homes and evicts villagers in week-long raid

Diana Parker 14 Dec 2013

Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia

Diana Parker 19 Nov 2013

Palm oil deal undermines efforts to resolve 25-year conflict in Sumatra

Diana Parker 15 Oct 2013

Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

Diana Parker 18 Sep 2013

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2013

Agribusiness project leaves indigenous communities in Indonesian New Guinea hungry and in poverty, report says

Diana Parker 3 Sep 2013

Palm oil company guards injure four villagers in Indonesian Borneo clash

Diana Parker 29 Jul 2013

Billions lost to corruption in Indonesia’s forest sector, says report

Diana Parker 17 Jul 2013

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