Forest guards in Gabon say their salaries are often paid several months late and are threatening to go on strike
WWF Pakistan described the victims whose car plunged into a ravine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as “young and passionate environmentalists”
As experts debated a controversial proposal to classify palm oil plantations as forest, their event in Jakarta was disrupted by swearing and pornography
Community groups say they are willing to restore forests but have been ignored by government and rely on international non-profits for funding
The funding from US, UK, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands confronts the weakening of indigenous land rights in countries like Brazil
Brazil’s indigenous people are anxiously awaiting a supreme court judgement on our land rights. Proposed new laws in the EU and UK will profoundly affect us too
The announcement took the Norwegian government and campaigners by surprise and came days before a moratorium on new palm oil concessions lifted
On Brazil’s border with Peru, evangelical churches are multiplying, in a threat to uncontacted indigenous groups
Experts say forest management and firefighting equipment is needed to prevent future disasters, as climate change brings hotter and drier conditions
The government is ending a decade-old ban on new forestry concessions, to the horror of campaigners who say the move is incompatible with climate targets
Colombia stands to lose $62m in carbon tax revenue and underperform its emissions targets due to flawed forest carbon credit projects, investigators claim
While proponents say results-based payments can support forest protection in the long term, critics say the Gabonese government has done little to earn the money
The Supreme Court authorised the federal police to investigate Ricardo Salles over suspicions of a ‘serious scheme’ to facilitate the export of illegal timber out of Brazil
The Leaf Coalition aims to mobilise $1 billion of public and private finance this year to cut emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Creditors could grant Pakistan debt relief in exchange for meeting nature restoration targets, under a proposed first-of-its-kind bond
Campaigners say a government rollback of environmental regulations increases Indonesia’s vulnerability to flash floods and landslides
The target will require huge investments in solar technologies, experts warn, as less than 1% of the oil producing nation’s energy comes from renewables
Development aid from rich countries has done more harm than good to central African forests and their inhabitants. This can change with a community-led approach
The process of providing land deeds to communities founded by former slaves was slow before Jair Bolsonaro, but the president’s budget cuts have completely stalled progress
Environment minister Claude Nyamugabo is accused of violating a moratorium on logging in the Congo rainforest, by awarding concessions the size of Wales