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May 31, 2024 News Release

EU: Include Civil Society in Anti-Deforestation Task Force

Environmental Groups, Indigenous Communities Should be at Malaysia, Indonesia Meetings

Indigenous groups protest deforestation of their ancestral rainforests in Miri, Sarawak, October 2020. © 2020 The Borneo Project
January 11, 2024 News Release

Brazil: Mixed Rights Record for Lula’s First Year

Administration Should Defend Human Rights Abroad Consistently

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August 28, 2023 Letter

Letter to President Lula on Brazil’s Candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during a meeting with the secretary-general of the United Nations
June 21, 2023 Commentary

Nicaragua’s Deforestation on US Dinner Plates

A man feeds his cow in Ticuantepe Town, Nicaragua, August 10, 2007.
May 16, 2023 Dispatches

EU Approves Law for ‘Deforestation-Free’ Trade

Companies Required to Respect Environment, Human Rights in Supply Chains

The Amazon River in the Amazon rainforest, in Leticia, Colombia.
April 27, 2023 Dispatches

New York Takes Step to Reduce its Contribution to Deforestation

New Legislation Would Keep State Supply Chains Free of Rights Abuses

Deforestation due to plant palm oil plantations near Sandakan city, State of Sabah, North Borneo Island, Malaysia.
April 21, 2023 Dispatches

Plantations, Ranches Are Devouring World’s Forests

An Earth Day Call to Protect Nature and Human Rights

An aerial view shows cattle on a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil.
April 19, 2023 News Release

EU: Major Step For ‘Deforestation-Free’ Trade

Companies Required to Respect Environment, Human Rights in Supply Chain

European lawmakers vote on climate change issues at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
November 14, 2022 News Release

COP27: Governments Should Reject Weak Carbon Market Rules

Proposal Undermines Rights Protection, Climate Action

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November 4, 2022 News Release

Brazil: Lula Should Urgently Address Amazon Crisis

President-Elect Needs to Restore the Rule of Law; Reduce Deforestation

Deforested area in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, located in the Brazilian states of Roraima and Amazonas, in June 2021.
April 5, 2022 Dispatches

Report Shows Climate Crisis Solutions Exist but Action Is Lacking

High-Emitting Governments and Corporations Should Be Held Accountable

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March 21, 2022 Dispatches

Emerging Battles Over Forests Crucial to Protect Rights, Tackle Climate Crisis

Marking International Day of Forests 2022

Image of an illegal deforestation strip in the Amazonian forest recorded during the Ibama’s Operation Brigada Verde, in Rondonia, Brazil in August 2019
January 27, 2022 News Release

EU: To End Deforestation, Protect Land Rights

New Law Should Protect Forest-Dependent Communities

Sign that reads Europe buying, forests burning
November 16, 2021 Commentary

COP26 Is Over – What’s Next for Forests, Coal, and Fossil Fuel Finance?

12 November 2021, United Kingdom, Glasgow: A poster calling for better climate protection is held aloft during a protest outside the grounds of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26. Photo by: Christoph Soeder/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
November 2, 2021 Report

COP26: Don’t Be Fooled by Bolsonaro’s Pledges

Brazil Still Lacks Credible Plan to Save Rainforest as Amazon Crisis Persists

Presidente Jair Messias Bolsonaro

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