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Guyana Amerindian communities fear Venezuela’s move to annex oil
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Guyana Amerindian communities fear Venezuela’s move to annex oil

Amerindian communities in Guyana have raised concerns that Venezuela’s takeover may threaten decades-long battles for recognition of their customary lands and, in the process, endanger the region’s rich biodiversity.

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Levi Sucre Romero: My community doesn't exist just to absolve you of your climate sins
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Levi Sucre Romero: My community doesn't exist just to absolve you of your climate sins

Carbon markets have left Indigenous communities that manage tropical forests vulnerable to exploitation.
Causes
right-wing power in Amazon regions
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In the Amazon, Bolsonaro’s far right may retain power even if Lula wins

While polls show former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead in the upcoming elections, far-right ideology persists in the Amazon region.

Causes
Why land rights are key to helping Indigenous people — and our forests
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Why land rights are key to helping Indigenous people — and our forests

Tenure Facility has helped Indigenous peoples advance their collective legal recognition of land and forest rights for up to 14 million hectares.
Politics
New IPCC climate report stresses Indigenous & local land rights 58 times: let’s respond with a concrete tenure plan.
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New IPCC climate report stresses Indigenous & local land rights 58 times: let’s respond with a concrete tenure plan.

The latest IPCC climate report mentions tenure security a whopping 58 times. This is a welcome shift in emphasis from the UN – strengthening land rights is a just and sustainable way to protect vulnerable landscapes in the climate fight, and one that works. By the report’s own estimate, time is almost up. As we […]
Politics
An Amazon defender stands up for her land and her people

An Amazon defender stands up for her land and her people

Amazon Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia has fought against massive dam projects and the incursion of illegal loggers and miners onto her community’s lands. She explains why what’s at stake is the survival of her people and their millennia-old way of life.

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Honduran paramilitaries violently infiltrate land rights groups
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Honduran paramilitaries violently infiltrate land rights groups

The paramilitaries are targeting campesinos who are battling a corporate palm oil giant. But the armed groups, residents say, don’t act alone.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Clean energy tech is outpacing politics and reshaping the global power landscape

Scientists in lab coats and protective goggles work in a lab, reviewing files.

Scientists scramble to save climate and health data as government deletions escalate

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Trump administration slashes environmental reviews to speed fossil fuel permits

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

CLIMATE
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Independent bookshops are helping people fight climate despair with the right stories

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Maryland’s conservation streak shows how far a small state can go