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Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company

Illegal mangrove logging surges in Indonesia’s Batam amid economic hardship

‘Thousands of trees’ burned and logged in Cambodia: Q&A with filmmaker Sean Gallagher

Tree-planting goals miss the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

‘Forests will disappear again,’ activists warn as Indonesia ends plantation freeze

‘They will die’: Fears for the last Piripkura as Amazon invasion ramps up

Indigenous groups unveil plan to protect 80% of the Amazon in Peru and Ecuador

In a warming world, deforestation turns the heat deadly, Borneo study finds

In Brazil, an agribusiness haven’s green pivot leaves many skeptical

Fighting climate change is a dirty job, but soils can do it | Problem Solved

Top Brazil gold exporter leaves a trail of criminal probes and illegal mines

Indigenous agents fight deforestation with drones and AI in Brazilian Amazon

Indonesia’s flip-flop on zero-deforestation pledge portends greater forest loss

COP-26: Amazonia’s Indigenous peoples are vital to fighting global warming (commentary)

Data-driven platform looks to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

BR-319 highway hearings: An attack on Brazil’s interests and Amazonia’s future (commentary)

NGOs say FSC label offers little protection for forests, Indigenous people

Mangrove conservation takes root with local communities on Kenya’s coast

Math campus multiplies threats to Rio de Janeiro’s dwindling Atlantic Forest

Human influence on tropics predates Anthropocene, holds clues to current crisis

To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest

Fire and forest loss ignite concern for Brazilian Amazon’s jaguars

In a sea of oil palms, even monitor lizards need islands of natural forest

FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation

Women on storm-hit Philippine island lead Indigenous effort to restore mangroves

On islands that inspired theory of evolution, deforestation cuts uneven path

Illegal logging threatens rare Cameroonian hardwood with extinction

Monitoring reveals Indonesia’s ‘legal timber’ scheme riddled with violations

New Zealand developer denies key role in giant palm oil project in Indonesia

Links to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers

Remnant forests struggle to survive amid oil palm plantations, study shows

Study fails to find link between increased deforestation and COVID lockdowns

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