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Aerial photograph of land being cleared for a nickel mine in North Morowali.

Indonesian watchdog demands prosecution for environmental crime ‘cartels’

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Mar 2025

UN accuses Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil firm of rights & environmental abuses

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Mar 2025

Conservation groups look for new strategies, tech to halt vaquita decline

Maxwell Radwin 17 Feb 2025

Indonesia’s militarized crackdown on illegal forest use sparks human rights concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Feb 2025
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

EUDR divides Brazil’s environmental and agribusiness authorities

Karla Mendes 27 Jan 2025

In the Pan Amazon, inequality and informality fuel informal economies

Timothy J. Killeen 23 Jan 2025

Indonesian scientist under fire for revealing extent of illegal tin mining

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2025
Deforestation for soy plantations and cattle ranches endanger the habitats of Amazon primates and prevent their movement to new locations. Rivers further limit the ability of small primates to move. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Sea change for soy champion Brazil as it wrestles with EUDR compliance

Karla Mendes 30 Dec 2024

Coffee agroforestry promises a path to EUDR compliance, but challenges remain

Marina Martinez 26 Dec 2024

Even for ‘progressive’ Danone, complying with EUDR is a challenge

Maxwell Radwin 19 Dec 2024
Amazon Rainforest

Brazil paper and pulp industry invests in blockchain to comply with EUDR

Karla Mendes 16 Dec 2024
The illegal trade is still one of the greatest threats to hawksbills, according to the April 2020 Global Tortoiseshell Report.

Illegal cockfighting threatens endangered sea turtles across Central America

Tina Deines 13 Dec 2024

Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes

Maxwell Radwin 27 Nov 2024

Long-running tropical forest research stalls amid Venezuelan crisis

Tony Frangie Mawad 11 Nov 2024

As Venezuela’s crisis rolls on, its wildlife is increasingly at risk

Mie Hoejris Dahl 7 Nov 2024
Amazon Rainforest

Report reveals how environmental crime profits in the Amazon are laundered

Aimee Gabay 5 Nov 2024
Oil palm plantation and native tropical rainforest on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler

Indonesia investigates suspected corruption in palm oil amnesty program

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Oct 2024

U.S. court approves historic settlement for Honduran farmers’ case against the World Bank’s IFC

Jared Olson 10 Oct 2024

Police murder Guarani man as Brazil struggles with Indigenous land demarcation

Maxwell Radwin 26 Sep 2024

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Will it work?

Maxwell Radwin 13 Sep 2024

Sumatra citizen lawsuit seeks accountability for haze-causing fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Sep 2024

‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2024
Screenshot from a propaganda video released by JNIM depicting a training camp in Burkina Faso, 2024.

Trained to stop poaching, Benin park rangers instead face jihadists

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Aug 2024

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

Aimee Gabay 15 Aug 2024

Tía María copper mine set to open in Peru despite community backlash

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jul 2024

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

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jul 2024

After 2-year wait, Sonoran wilderness protection law gets closer to reality

Daniel Shailer 17 Jul 2024

Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling

Aimee Gabay 17 Jul 2024

Sumatra pulp & paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2024

Colombian victims win historic lawsuit over banana giant Chiquita

Aimee Gabay 1 Jul 2024

China-backed mine in Sumatran seismic hotspot rings safety alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jun 2024

Peru puts endemic fog oasis under protection

Dan Collyns 19 Jun 2024

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