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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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  • March 14, 2023

    On the frontlines of Freeport

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

    Peruvian anti-logging activist Edwin Chota
  • 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

    Quilombo Residents Threatened By Ranching And Logging In Brazil's Amazon
  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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