Cambodia’s fragile Prey Lang forest remains under threat
For nearly 20 years, the Prey Lang forest that spans four Cambodian provinces has been shrinking. What started as a relative trickle in 2000 was on a serious uptick by…
Author: Genevieve Belmaker
UN passes first ever declaration for peasant rights
QUITO, Ecuador – Peasant farmers around the world just gained a powerful new tool to protect their rights, which reflects the distinct needs and threats against small-scale farmers worldwide. The…
Madre de Dios: Seven Brazil nut concessions investigated for illegal timber extraction
On Friday 28 December 2018, prosecutor Karina Garay of Brazil’s Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of Madre de Dios carried out her last investigation of the year. That morning, she entered…