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Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon

15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities

Satellite data show bursts of deforestation continue in Indonesian national park

Fires rip through Indigenous territories in Brazilian Amazon

The illegal runways exposing the Kakataibo people to drug violence in Peru

Monitoring group cracks down on deforestation in Cameroon gorilla sanctuary

Western Kenya’s most important water-capturing forest is disappearing, satellites show

How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau

Reserve in Brazilian Amazon struggles as ‘aggressive’ deforestation spreads

Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’

Logging persists in Cameroon’s wildlife-rich Ebo Forest despite warnings

Deforestation around Mennonite colonies continues in Peruvian Amazon: Report

A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming

Communities band together to save besieged reserve in Bolivia

Satellite data detect appearance of new roads in primary forests in Borneo

Wildfires burn record 97% of key biodiversity area in Brazil’s Cerrado

Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees

NGOs, officials trade blame as Malaysian forest conservation project is scrapped

Cambodia’s once-massive national park continues to lose its forest

As Ghana pushes mining in forests, a cautionary tale from a fading forest

In Brazil’s Amazon, land invasions — and fires — threaten a protected reserve

In Cambodia, Indigenous villagers lose forest & land amid carbon offset project

Bangladesh wildlife sanctuary continues to lose primary forest

A Guatemalan reserve turns from civil war refuge to deforestation hotspot

Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show

Photos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru’s Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve

Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers

Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation

Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds

Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea

Guatemala braces for unprecedented year of deforestation in Maya reserve

Smallholders and loggers push deeper into Sumatra’s largest park

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