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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…
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…
The remote Alaskan village of Kwigillingok stands nearly empty after Typhoon Halong’s remnants tore through the community last month, leaving only seven residents behind among scattered debris and damaged boardwalks. The devastating storm uprooted entire homes, carrying some miles away…
A groundbreaking $125 billion global fund designed to pay tropical countries for forest protection is facing fierce criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups who say it could actually worsen deforestation and burden developing nations with debt. The Tropical Forests Forever…
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…
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…
Indigenous and local communities living in the Congo Basin—the world’s second-largest rainforest—are bearing the devastating costs of industrial expansion as governments and investors race to extract minerals, timber, and oil to fuel economic growth and the green energy transition. A…
With the COP30 climate summit set to take place in the Amazon, a glaring contradiction in climate finance is coming into sharp focus: Indigenous and local communities protect more than one-third of the world’s intact tropical forests, yet receive less…
A devastating fungal disease that has plagued cassava crops across Southeast Asia for over a decade has now jumped continents, threatening food security in South America. In 2023, smallholder farmers in French Guiana first noticed their once-thriving cassava plants turning…
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has captured international attention with ambitious environmental promises: achieving 100% renewable energy by 2035 and eliminating coal power within 15 years. These bold commitments from one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters sparked hope for…
