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Banks must stop funding illegal Amazon deforestation, Prosecutor says after Greenpeace Brazil report
The landmark decision follows a Greenpeace Brazil’s report which found that national and international banks had been using Brazil's rural credit system to finance thousands of rural properties that are driving illegal deforestation, invasion of Indigenous territories, and other destructive activities.
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Major land rights win for Indigenous Peoples over forest area the size of Hong Kong in Southwest Papua
Four thousand Indigenous Papuans have finally received legal recognition of customary rights over tropical rainforest spanning an area almost the size of Hong Kong
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Biodiversity: Costa Rica’s Remarkable Journey
As the world stands at a crossroads, Costa Rica's example underscores the importance of government action in protecting and restoring nature.
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Biodiversity Day: A deep relationship with nature
For International Biodiversity Day, I preface an interview with Indigenous leader and rights activist Arkilaus Kladit with an exploration of the natural wonders nestled in the rich forests of New Guinea.
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Report: Online shopping harms nature, climate, and Europe’s only recognised Indigenous People
Shopping online may be convenient and time-saving, but it comes with a price. According to a new report by Greenpeace Sweden, Amazon, Zalando, HelloFresh and other big players are connected to the destruction of old-growth forests in Sweden.
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Nature Crime Files – Sweden
When insufficient political nature protection allows the Swedish forest industry to turn old-growth forests into cardboard and other throwaway products, it is up to us to try to put an end to these nature crimes.
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This is what deforestation looks like in Argentina – in 10 shocking photos
Clearing and deforestation are aggressively advancing on the native forests of northern Argentina.
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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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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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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.