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Landmark ruling in Suriname grants protections to local and Indigenous communities — for now

Verra suspends carbon credit projects following police raid in Brazil

2 years after Bruno & Dom’s murders, Amazon region still rife with gangs

Brazil police raid Amazon carbon credit projects exposed by Mongabay

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

In the Pan Amazon, environmental liabilities of old mining have become economic liabilities

New bill to expand farmlands in the Amazon may derail Brazil’s green efforts

Sustainability in the extractive industries is a paradox

In Amazon’s tri-border Javari region, teens fall prey to drug gangs’ lure

Guyana road projects spark concerns for future development on wetlands

Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks

Top brands buy Amazon carbon credits from suspected timber laundering scam

Organized crime puts unprecedented pressure on Guatemala’s largest rainforest

Bird populations are mysteriously declining at an Amazon park in Ecuador & beyond

Setback for Guinea mine that threatens World Heritage chimp reserve

Environmental defenders paid the price during Panama’s historic mining protests – report

Latest palm oil deforester in Indonesia may also be operating illegally

Indonesian company defies order, still clearing peatlands in orangutan habitat

Indigenous leader’s killer is convicted in Brazil, but tensions over land remain

Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure

New ban threatens traditional fishers in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state

State management and regulation of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Goldman Prize honors Brazilian investigation linking JBS & deforestation

DRC’s 1 billion trees program makes progress, but hurdles remain

Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities

Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests

Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state

Indonesian capital project finally gets guidelines to avoid harm to biodiversity

Traceability is no silver bullet for reducing deforestation (commentary)

Unseen and unregulated: ‘Ghost’ roads carve up Asia-Pacific tropical forests

Brazil’s cattle industry could suffer major losses without climate policies, report says

As fires ravaged Indonesia in 2023, some positive trends emerged, data show

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