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Evie Calder & Alexandria Reid / March 21, 2023

Money talks: the financial sector must raise its voice to save the world’s forests

This year, the UK, EU, and US will all consider the introduction of new laws capable of preventing the financing of deforestation. Financial leaders should be voicing their support for this vital legal change.
March 14, 2023

On the frontlines of Freeport

How an LNG explosion rocked a gulf coast town, leaving residents seeking answers and accountability
March 13, 2023

Delikado: the film exposing the criminality lurking behind Palawan in the Philippines

This new documentary explores one of the oldest, largest, and most diverse rainforests in the world - and also one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a land defender
Alexandria Reid / March 8, 2023

Financial Services and Markets Bill holds the key to ending UK financing of deforestation, say Lords across the political spectrum

The House of Lords has a rare opportunity to change financial regulation for the better, securing the future of the world’s forests – and the people and wildlife who depend on them
Francisca Stuardo & Evie Calder / March 2, 2023

Remembering Berta Cáceres: Seven years on, the fight for justice continues

Seven years ago, the world lost Berta Cáceres - a Honduran environmental and Indigenous activist killed in her home in La Esperanza, just two days before her 45th birthday
Laura Furones / Feb. 28, 2023

A historic sentence in Peru brings hope for land and environmental defenders

Illegal loggers who murdered four Ashéninka Indigenous leaders in 2014 sentenced to 28 years in prison
Maryellen Crisóstomo & Vanessa Purper / Feb. 17, 2023

Fundo Casa: Highlighting the importance of Afro-Brazilian Quilombola representation at Climate COPs

Today in Brazil there are 6,000 Quilombola communities, spread throughout all the biomes, and their rights must be acknowledged and upheld
Ashley Thomson / Feb. 10, 2023

Three ways Lula and Biden can work together to fight deforestation

Today, Brazilian President Lula will meet with President Biden in DC. Perhaps the most important topic discussed will be how the two countries can work together to protect the Amazon rainforest
Ashley Thomson / Jan. 26, 2023

Tackling global forest loss: What the US can do

This year could see the US move to finally prioritize action on global deforestation. Trade and financial flows must be at the top of the to-do list
Eduardo Mosqueda / Jan. 24, 2023

Making good on promises: How Mexico can transform the lives of environmental defenders by implementing the Escazú Agreement

After two years since the regional instrument entered into force in the Americas, the country continues to face enormous challenges as communities defend Mexico's land and environmental heritage

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