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  • May 25, 2023

    Five years on from India’s Thoothukudi massacre, families and activists demand justice

    On the fifth anniversary of the Thoothukudi massacre in Southern India, families and activists demand impunity is fought - and call for justice for those who lost their lives as a result of the violence.

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  • Giulia Bondi / May 16, 2023

    The EU just passed a historic anti-deforestation law. Now it needs to go after the banks

    It's time to end the money pipeline financing deforestation

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  • May 14, 2023

    Europeans want a law to hold companies accountable on climate

    The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive law has the potential to transform how businesses act on climate

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  • Veronica Oakeshott / May 4, 2023

    Hopes and fears for forests in a divided Brazil

    Forests Campaign lead Veronica Oakeshott explores what she learned from those working in environmental and human rights in the country - and why among renewed hope and optimism, there is still fear

    Still arial image of deforestation in the region of Marabá, Pará State, Brazil.
  • Alexander Kirk / April 27, 2023

    Meet BP's Board Members: Record Profits and Huge Salaries

    Meet BP's Board Members: Record Profits and Huge Salaries

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  • April 24, 2023

    Banking on destruction: tracking deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - and exposing its backers

    Our new tool tracks deforestation events in JBS's indirect supply chain in the region, and tweets JBS to let them know.

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  • Gabriella Bianchini / April 19, 2023

    Defending the defenders: why Brazil must prioritize ratification of the Escazú Agreement

    Brazil, one of the deadliest countries in the world for land and environmental defenders, must prioritize the ratification of the Escazú Agreement to create a safe and enabling environment for activists.

    Panelists at the Escazú event in Brasilia.
  • April 11, 2023

    To save the Amazon, Brazil needs China’s commitment

    When Brazil’s newly elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets President Xi Jinping later this week, there is one issue both leaders need to address: the surging deforestation in the Amazon, which is pushing the rainforest towards its tipping point.

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  • Naomi Hirst / April 3, 2023

    TikTok grilled by Congress – and pressed on our findings

    Whilst in the hotseat, Shou Zi Chew of TikTok was confronted by US Congress with the troubling results of a Global Witness investigation into the platform

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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.

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