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Nature Crime Files – Romania
When companies turn vibrant old-growth forests into fast furniture and governments allow this to happen, it is up to us to stop that violence against our basis of life.
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IKEA furniture destroys some of Europe’s last remaining ancient forests
Furniture manufacturers producing for IKEA are sourcing wood from some of Europe’s last remaining old-growth forests in the Romanian Carpathians, including in Natura 2000 protected areas, new report finds.
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Financial institutions are funding deforestation in the Amazon
Greenpeace Brazil’s new report exposes how banks are granting credit to farmers implicated in deforestation and other irregular activities in the Amazon.
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EU banks have poured €256 billion into sectors that threaten nature and climate
A new report shows that some of the largest banks based in the EU provided a staggering 22.1% of total global credit between 2016 and early 2023 to big players in sectors that put nature at risk.
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The financial sector is undermining the EU’s efforts to tackle nature destruction
The European Union presents itself as a role model in tackling biodiversity loss. But EU banks and finance institutions are bankrolling nature destruction on a global scale.
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Deforestation Anonymous
In Indonesia since 2021, one forestry company – PT Mayawana Persada – has cleared more than 33,000 hectares, an area nearly half the size of Singapore. As this report sets…
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Massive deforestation in Borneo destroying orangutan habitat
A coalition of leading environmental organisations have released a report that sheds light on the alarming resurgence of deforestation in Indonesia.
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5 things you need to know about Europe’s forests
Forests cover around 40% of Europe's land area, creating green and lush landscapes. However, a darker reality emerges about their state when you dig into the statistics. Here are five things you probably didn't know about the current state of Europe's forests.
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The climate emergencies of 2023
We outlined some of the climate emergencies of the year in this blog — from torrential rains in Southeast Asia that resulted in catastrophic floods and landslides, to droughts in Africa that exacerbated the region’s hunger and poverty.