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Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

US govt watchdog: Human rights still at risk in overseas conservation aid

Why is violence against environmental defenders getting worse? Five things to know

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Record drought in Yucatán prompts revival of ancient Maya rain ceremony

Indigenous communities sidelined for Suriname’s new carbon credit program, critics say

Indonesia expands IPLC land recognition — but the pace is too slow, critics say

Petroperú’s financial troubles could mean no oil spill remediation, communities fear

The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon Basin

Communities fend off attacks as officials study Brazil’s anti-Indigenous land rights bill

In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities in Guyana are winning

New Indigenous reserve in the Amazon among first steps to protect peoples in isolation

Activists ask for help combatting violence against Nicaragua’s Indigenous communities

Conservationists look for new ways to fight oil pipelines in southern Mexico

Short on funds and long on risk, Venezuelan conservation groups worry for future

Beleaguered Indonesian civil society gets lift in push for just energy transition

What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling

As logging booms in Suriname, forest communities race to win land rights

Across Mexico, World Cup infrastructure threatens biodiversity and communities

Colombian victims win historic lawsuit over banana giant Chiquita

Study says 40% of Amazon region is potentially conserved — more than officially recorded

BASF, Eramet drop $2.6b Indonesian nickel project that threatens isolated tribe

Sweeping reform package threatens environmental protections in Argentina, critics say

Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities

In Peru’s Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses

Brazilian Amazon ‘cattle laundering’ taints JBS & Frigol supply chains: Report

Indonesians mourn loss of Hariadi Kartodiharjo, beloved ‘father of governance’

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

Weak banking regulations leave two-thirds of Amazon vulnerable to oil and gas

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