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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.

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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.
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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 […]
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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
Deer crossing a snowy road.

Humans are reshaping life on Earth, shrinking biodiversity everywhere

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Solar power surge drives global growth in clean energy, but targets remain out of reach

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South Korea’s worst wildfire on record spreads fast as climate fuels disaster

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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EPA opens quiet backdoor for polluters.

EPA opens quiet backdoor for polluters to bypass clean air rules

People walk and stand on a beach with high-rise buildings in the background.

A city in India offers a glimpse of how to build a cooler, cleaner future