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Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jun 2021

Brazil’s environment minister faces second probe linked to illegal timber

Shanna Hanbury 4 Jun 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 25 May 2021

Illegal loggers use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity in Sulawesi

Wahyu Chandra 24 May 2021

Brazil court orders illegal miners booted from Yanomami Indigenous Reserve

Shanna Hanbury 21 May 2021

Reforestation is booming, but deforestation rose last year

Mike Gaworecki 20 May 2021

Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2021
Banner image of the Marauiá mountain range in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, in the state of Amazonas. Image by Sebastião Salgado

‘Amazônia must live on’: Photographer Sebastião Salgado returns home with his new book

Peter Speetjens 20 May 2021

Brazil’s environment minister investigated for alleged illegal timber sales

Mongabay.com 19 May 2021
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). Image courtesy of Mark Louis Benedict via Flickr.

To keep tabs on ecosystem health in Borneo, follow these birds: Study

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2021

After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further

Mongabay.com 13 May 2021

Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Mike Gaworecki 13 May 2021

98% of Bunge shareholders back proposal to reduce deforestation

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 12 May 2021
Burning forest in Rondonia in 2020. Photo credit: Fabio Nascimento

Amazon deforestation jumps sharply in April

Mongabay.com 8 May 2021

Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2021

Karipuna people sue Brazil government for alleged complicity in land grabs

Shanna Hanbury 6 May 2021

Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them

Mongabay.com 4 May 2021

‘Zero illegal deforestation’ – One more Bolsonaro distortion (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 3 May 2021

Criticizing Brazil over Amazon conservation will likely backfire (commentary)

Andrea Garcia, Gustavo Macedo 3 May 2021
Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests

Aurora Solá, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2021

As climate summit unfolds, no Biden-Bolsonaro Amazon deal forthcoming

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 22 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2021

Empowering Indigenous peoples crucial to climate, biodiversity crises: Study

Dimitri Selibas 2 Apr 2021

Drinking coffee in the U.S.? Worry about forests in Vietnam, study says

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

Only 6.5% of global forests are adequately protected, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 31 Mar 2021

Can ‘Slow Food’ save Brazil’s fast-vanishing Cerrado savanna?

Sharon Guynup 25 Mar 2021

Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

BlackRock must commit to Indigenous rights — not just climate change (commentary)

David Hill 19 Mar 2021

Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands

Hyury Potter, Fábio Bispo 17 Mar 2021

When a tree falls in the forest, it’s the birds that don’t make a sound, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Mar 2021

Deforestation in Indonesia hits record low, but experts fear a rebound

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2021

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