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Chile heads to the polls on November 16 in an election that could dramatically alter the country’s approach to critical environmental challenges. Voters will select a new president along with 23 Senate seats and all 155 seats in the Chamber…
Indigenous communities in Malaysia’s Sarawak state have achieved a significant, if temporary, victory in their fight to protect ancestral forests from palm oil development. Following sustained pressure from Penan and Kenyah residents, Urun Plantations has agreed to pause land clearing…
A Mongabay investigation has uncovered how carbon credit companies exploited Indigenous communities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through deceptive contracts that promised financial benefits but delivered nothing. In December 2022, both Brazil’s largest and smallest Indigenous territories signed identical 118-page, 10-year…
Brazil opened the doors to COP30 in the Amazon city of Belém this week with President Lula promising ambitious climate action, but the host nation’s recent environmental decisions are raising serious questions about its commitment to protecting the world’s most…
Indonesia has announced an ambitious pledge to recognize Indigenous and customary community rights to 3.5 million acres of forest by 2029—a promise that would quadruple the country’s officially recognized customary forests. Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni unveiled the plan at…
Nearly six years have passed since Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed and his colleague Laércio Guajajara was wounded in what authorities believe was an ambush by illegal loggers in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Yet the two suspects charged…
The upcoming COP30 climate conference in Brazil is poised to make history with unprecedented Indigenous participation. More than 3,000 Indigenous leaders from around the world have registered for the November 10-21 summit in Belém, Brazil—a city that serves as the…
In northern Kenya’s Samburu region, a group of women known as Mama Simba (“Mothers of Lions” in Kiswahili) are revolutionizing wildlife conservation by taking leadership roles traditionally denied to them. Since partnering with conservation organization Ewaso Lions in 2013, these…
As world leaders prepare for next week’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, tiny Suriname is punching well above its weight in global climate discussions. This South American nation of just 600,000 people has achieved something remarkable: it’s one of only…
Deep in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, two Indigenous communities have taken on an extraordinary mission: protecting uncontacted peoples who choose to remain hidden from the modern world. For over a decade, residents of the Curare-Los Ingleses Indigenous Reserve and the neighboring…
