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Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Coca-Cola cuts back on reusable plastic pledge

Maker of Jeff Bezos’s yacht fined for using Myanmar ‘blood timber’

Gaps in Peru’s peatland policies harm conservation and Indigenous Shipibo: Study

Progress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group

World’s top court starts hearing historic climate change case

Clouded leopard sighting raises questions about conservation and research in Bangladesh

Yacht maker Sunseeker fined in landmark Myanmar ‘blood timber’ case

Climate financing should come from oil and gas ‘super’ profits, study says

Just energy transition reports urge care in surge to reach global renewable energy goals

No deal to curb plastic production as latest negotiations fizzle

Controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision threatens the country’s inland wetlands with new development, study says

Legal battle against controversial oil pipeline faces another setback

Brazil plans new reserves to curb deforestation near contested Amazon roads

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

Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish

Brazil beef industry still struggling with deforestation from indirect suppliers, survey finds

With COP29 letdown, climate activists pin their hopes on Brazil

Conservationists see progress for swordfish, problems for sharks at Atlantic fisheries summit

Six activists arrested in Cambodia while investigating illegal logging

Plastic pollution pushing Earth past all nine planetary boundaries: Report

Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas

Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation

Leaders fail to address overfishing near Europe at ‘fraught’ international meeting

Rappahannock Tribe first in US to enshrine rights of nature into constitution

Philippine plastic law shows promise, says report, but critics stress flaws

Protecting 2.6% of oceans could prevent deadly whale-ship collisions: Study

Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems

Overuse of antibiotics in Bangladesh aquaculture raises health concerns

Relief in Sri Lanka as key threat to nonprotected forests is repealed

Indigenous guardians embark on a sacred pact to protect the lowland tapir in Colombia

The plastics crisis is now a global human health crisis, experts say

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