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Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans

Reporter who revealed deforestation in Cambodia now charged with deforestation

Police murder Guarani man as Brazil struggles with Indigenous land demarcation

As MotoGP heads to Indonesia, Indigenous Sasak brace for another weekend of repression

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

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

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

In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing

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

In Mexico, avocado suppliers continue sourcing from illegally deforested land

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

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

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

Palm oil company fined for cheating; Sulawesi farmers to reap their due rupiah

Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling

Panama’s ‘Caribbean Corridor’ highway threatens three protected areas, critics say

Allegations widen against Indonesian palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari

To protect the planet’s rangelands, give pastoralists a boost, UN report says

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

Colombian victims win historic lawsuit over banana giant Chiquita

Venezuela: Water crisis looms as deforestation spreads in Yacambú National Park

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Cambodian companies tied to abuses promoted by UN program, rights group alleges

Indonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged

Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast

Small-scale fishers lose out to trawlers in race to catch Cambodia’s last fish

Sustainability in the extractive industries is a paradox

Guyana road projects spark concerns for future development on wetlands

Organized crime puts unprecedented pressure on Guatemala’s largest rainforest

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