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Latest Peruvian oil spill cuts Indigenous communities from life-giving river

Outdated infrastructure and oil spills: the cases of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador

UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders

Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land – investigation

Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado

Indigenous efforts to save Peru’s Marañon River could spell trouble for big oil

Report links pulpwood estate clearing Bornean orangutan habitat to RGE Group

New report details rights abuses in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ project

Indonesian nickel project harms environment and human rights, report says

In Cambodia, an official’s cashew factory churns out timber from a protected forest

Road project promising access to Indigenous Waorani is ushering in deforestation

Ecuador government weighs delaying closure of controversial ITT oil block

Harmful mining continues in Nicaragua despite U.S. sanctions, new investigation shows

Sanctioned timber baron wins new mining concessions in Cambodia’s Prey Lang

Outcry over deforestation as Suriname’s agriculture plans come to light

Forest restoration planned for Colombia’s Farallones de Cali National Park

Palm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala; deforestation risks remain

False claims of U.N. backing see Indigenous groups cede forest rights for sketchy finance

Top stories of change from Latin America in 2023

Ecuador court ruling leaves a legal gray area in environmental consultation

New tool aims to make nature-based solutions projects in SE Asia a better sell

‘Immense body of knowledge’ at stake in Cambodia’s Prey Lang as deforestation soars

Activists slam ‘independent’ probe by Indonesian palm oil giant into violations

Indigenous groups rebuke court OK for palm oil company to raze Papua forests

As RSPO celebrates 20 years of work, Indigenous groups lament unresolved grievances

Lifted sanctions on gold, oil could slow conservation efforts in Venezuela

Calls grow to repurpose land squandered in Cambodia’s concession policy

Expansion of Ecuador mine risks ‘imminent’ collapse of waste dam, experts warn

Independent project steps in as government slow to map Indonesian ancestral lands

Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop

Environmental groups speak out against arrival of Mennonite farmers to Suriname

Indigenous Dayak ‘furious’ as RSPO dismisses land rights violation complaint

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