The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel and programs that targeted them, a new report shows.| Inside Climate News
By Vijay Jayaraj In the modern climate debate, emotion and partisan allegiance replace critical thinking to smear carbon dioxide (CO2) as a dangerous pollutant. Well-crafted green advocacies steal the spotlight, while reason languishes in the shadows of medieval-style witch hunts. The reality, however, is seen in places like the dense tropical forests of Indonesia’s many verdant islands. Among them are … Read more The post Asian Forests Victims of Intolerable ‘Green’ Lie appeared firs...| CO2 Coalition
A report by EIA and our Indonesian partner Kaoem Telapak which documents alleged deforestation, corruption and human rights violations in Indonesia’s palm oil sector by companies which are linked via the involvement of members of the Fangiono family.| Reports – EIA
Original post by TuK Indonesia here. The South Jakarta District Court has declared the Desak Mandiri lawsuit filed by TuK INDONESIA against Bank Mandiri inadmissible (Niet Ontvankelijke Verklaard/NO) on formal grounds, citing “lack of parties.” TuK INDONESIA views this verdict, delivered on 17 July 2025, as evidence of the court’s failure to address and deliberate […]| Forests & Finance
Across the US, Brazil, and Ecuador, new laws driving forest loss threaten hard-won environmental protections and ecosystems like the Amazon.| Rainforest Foundation US
A member of the Penan Indigenous community from Ba Data Bila in Upper Baram has issued urgent protest letters to Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Tun Openg and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), demanding an immediate halt to ongoing logging operations by Borneoland Timber Resources. (Ba Data Bila, Sarawak) Today, a member of the... The post Penan Community Member Urgently Calls Sarawak Premier to Halt Destructive Logging in Upper Baram first appeared on The Borneo Project.| The Borneo Project
Starmer's 'EU reset' has brought us dangerously close stifling British competition| CapX
A new study published in Nature Communications has found that replacing half of the animal foods consumed worldwide with plant-based meat and dairy| vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Environmental Paper Network (EPN), Fern, BankTrack and the Estonian Council of Environmental NGOs (EKO) are jointly calling on European and international banks and investors not to finance Viru Keemia Grupp/VKG’s planned pulp mill in northeastern Estonia’s Ida-Viru County. A new report published today outlines the devastating effects this pulp mill could have on Estonian nature. […]| Environmental Paper Network
WWF's Deforestation-Free Leather Fund aims to transform leather supply chains, protect forests, reduce emissions, and promote sustainable practices| Sourcing Journal
After its 12-month deferral, the EU’s Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) is set to apply from December 30, 2025. Many companies are therefore| Inside Energy & Environment
Celebrated photographer Sebastião Salgado has died after more than 50 years of committed documentary work; here BJP draws on past interviews to give an insight into his approach| 1854 Photography
Night is the peak activity period for many animal species. In the Western Andes of Ecuador, the Chocó golden scarab flies between forest patches during the night, but urban lighting interferes with their paths and jeopardises populations already struggling to persist in fragmented native forests. Urban development has created a network of illuminated infrastructure that […]| ConservationBytes.com
Chankuap Foundation: A Cosmetics Factory In The Amazon Forest Father Silvio Brosegihini knew nothing of marketing or logistics when he founded the Chankuap Foundation in 1996, but that didn’t stop him from helping the indigenous Achuar and Shuar people develop a sustainable cosmetics industry built on the oils of rare plants. 28 August 2017 | […] The post Chankuap Foundation (AIME) appeared first on Ecosystem Marketplace.| Ecosystem Marketplace
Norway, Germany and the UK jointly pledged $5 billion to reducing deforestation in tropical forest countries over the next five years.| Ecosystem Marketplace
The European Union’s recent decision to delay the enforcement of its landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has set the record straight on whether plans will go ahead or be scratched. EU coffee imports hit €21.9 billion in 2022, underscoring that compliance is non-negotiable. Looking to cocoa and palm oil offers the coffee industry a roadmap for smarter EUDR preparation.| Coffee Intelligence
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Lomphat, a 5-month-old female elephant weighing 138kg, is beginning her road to recovery with our keepers at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center| Wildlife Alliance
Brazil biofuels push is central to its strategy to "drive the decarbonisation agenda" - but is it all that it actually seems?| Canary
The Amazon is in trouble. Researchers found that, between 2000 and 2022, the Brazilian Amazon lost about 10% of its natural non-forest vegetation.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
At least two loggers have been killed, one wounded, and two missing, in an encounter with uncontacted Mashco Piro people in Peru's Amazon| Canary
A silent crisis unfolds amid the dense canopies of Central Africa’s vast tropical forests: deforestation. These unique ecosystems are known for their biodiversity and essential role in global climate regulation. Yet despite their critical importance, the region’s rainforests are increasingly threatened by agricultural expansion and illegal logging. Whilst there has been a global increase in […]| CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News
Protesters take protest to Drax's biomass power station's front door after spate of arrests, and target Drax's PR machine in one weekend.| Canary
A day after cops arrested 22 climate protesters planning a peaceful camp at Drax power station, report shows company is biggest UK polluter.| Canary
A new study launched by Kearney finds that despite widespread commitment to achieving net zero by 2030, less than one-third of businesses across the region have decarbonization plans that are acutely aligned with the Paris Agreement, indicating a slower pace of progress towards global net zero targets.| INDVSTRVS
Nature-based emission-reduction projects must ensure that their benefit sharing arrangements properly account for and transparently compensate local stakeholders for their labor and resources used in planting and managing trees.| Landesa
Recent legislation from the European Union that would ban coffee imports from coffee farms that are found to have contributed to deforestation from 2020 forward is forcing the coffee industry...| Mesoamerican Development Institute
Lula da Silva made a promise to the world and kept it. Compared to November 2022, deforestation in the Amazon fell by 64% in November 2023.| TheBetter.news
