Despite billions tied to clean supply chains, China’s Cofco still turns to deforesters
Jun 20, 2023, 11:00 am ByMATO GROSSO, Brazil — João Luiz Lazarotto was indignant. Seated in the corporate office of his…Palm oil company in Ecuador operates illegally on ancestral land, community says
Jun 19, 2023, 4:20 pm ByAn afro-descendent community in northern Ecuador is fighting to retake its land from a palm oil…Indigenous and local communities see big gains in land rights, study shows
Jun 19, 2023, 4:05 pm ByLand legally designated or owned by Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local communities increased by…Over a third of conflicts over development projects affect Indigenous people: Study
Jun 19, 2023, 3:48 pm ByIndigenous peoples are disproportionately impacted by extractive industries and mining for…Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie
Jun 19, 2023, 3:20 pm ByOn the eastern edge of Victoria, British Columbia, abutting the Salish Sea, sits Uplands Park,…Climate change, human pressures push Bangladesh’s ‘national fish’ into decline
Jun 19, 2023, 9:00 am ByConsidering the importance of hilsa fish in the country’s dietary needs, economy, and the…‘Tree islands’ boost diversity in oil palm plantations, study finds
Jun 19, 2023, 6:34 am ByPlanting clusters of native trees in oil palm plantations can boost biodiversity without sacrificing…Penguins ‘enrich our lives’: Q&A with Pablo Borboroglu, protector of penguins
Jun 16, 2023, 3:38 pm ByWhen Pablo Garcia Borboroglu first laid eyes on a wild penguin colony in Patagonia, Argentina, he…Not so fast, experts warn as Dhaka tries to clear the air with car tax and bus ban
Jun 16, 2023, 9:50 am ByDHAKA — Authorities in Bangladesh have rolled out two schemes to combat air pollution in the…Avocados: The green gold that wipes western Mexico’s forests from the map
Jun 16, 2023, 9:26 am ByIn western Mexico, a forest was cleared in a couple of days. It was the early morning of a spring…Forests & finance: communities turn to tree-planting, zero-logging, and mushrooms to protect forests
Jun 15, 2023, 11:28 pm ByGabon community forest marks ten years without logging EBIENG-EDZUA, Gabon — There is no logging…Element Africa: offshore oil threatens fisheries, gold mining topples homes and forests
Jun 15, 2023, 11:27 pm ByGold mine threatens Ghanaian villagers’ health and homes BIBIANI, Ghana — Residents of Bibiani,…Several reef sharks at greater threat of extinction than thought, study shows
Jun 15, 2023, 7:37 pm ByNew research has found that five key shark species found in reef habitats are at higher risk of…Southern African caterpillar that feeds millions may be next climate casualty
Jun 15, 2023, 12:38 pm ByClimate change will severely reduce the distribution of a caterpillar that’s harvested, sold and…Soy: The agro-industry that devastates the Maya jungle
Jun 15, 2023, 11:11 am ByLooking from above, the Nuevo Progreso Mennonite camp is a patch of brown hues that spreads…Indonesian coal giant Adaro’s ‘sustainable’ smelter slammed as ‘greenwashing’
Jun 15, 2023, 10:45 am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia’s largest coal miner, PT Adaro Energy, faces claims of greenwashing over its…Meet the tech projects competing for a $10m prize to save rainforests
Jun 15, 2023, 9:28 am BySINGAPORE — Macaques look on from trees as a round of applause breaks out. After repeated…Sumatran farmers worry as government halts palm oil fertilizer subsidies
Jun 15, 2023, 3:40 am ByBATANGHARI, Indonesia — In a sweltering oil palm field in Batanghari village, Rokani fixes a…A powerful U.S. political family is behind a copper mine in the Colombian rainforest
4:04pm ByThis investigation is a collaboration between the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism…Seas of grass may be dark horse candidate to fuel the planet — or not
3:58pm ByLarge-scale efforts to seriously curb reliance on fossil fuels for global energy needs, especially…
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