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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.

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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

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.

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

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

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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Guyana Amerindian communities fear Venezuela’s move to annex oil

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

In the Amazon, Bolsonaro’s far right may retain power even if Lula wins

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

New IPCC climate report stresses Indigenous & local land rights 58 times: let’s respond with a concrete tenure plan.

An Amazon defender stands up for her land and her people

Honduran paramilitaries violently infiltrate land rights groups

Greenpeace verdict over pipeline protest defamation could spell problems for environmental activism and speech

Petrochemical industry struggles with overcapacity, rising costs, and shaky green investments

Plastic ban in Bangladesh struggles as eco-friendly bags face high costs

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

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

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

Trump’s government cuts disrupt NOAA forecasts and data collection