Inauguration of Mexico’s “Mayan Train”: No reason to celebrate
While sections of the Tren Maya tourist railroad in Mexico are ceremoniously inaugurated, the fight against the impacts of railroad construction in the rainforest continues.
Brazil: Mob of 200 landowners and police militia kill Pataxó Indigenous leader
Brazil: 200 landowners used WhatsApp to coordinate an attack on the Pataxó people, killed their leader and seriously wounding her brother.
For true climate protection: Don’t fuel the fire!
At the COP28 conference, Europe pledged to phase out fossil fuels. In reality, the EU wants to fall back on dangerous and costly false solutions.
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Brazil: Indigenous Ka’apor people denounce abuses by carbon traders
The Indigenous Ka’apor people call on the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Maranhão to take action to evict the carbon trader Wildlife Works from their territory.
EU puts a stop to abusive SLAPP lawsuits
The EU is finally getting a directive to combat abusive lawsuits, or SLAPPs, that will make it harder for corporations and powerful individuals to silence critics.
World Bank: Stop financing evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania!
Tanzania’s government plans to evict over 20,000 people under the pretext of conservation by doubling the size of Ruaha National Park. The World Bank is enabling this move.
Trophy hunting: Debunking the hunting lobby’s lies
Rainforest Rescue has long said NO to tourists shooting elephants, rhinos and lions for fun. Belgium is leading the way with a trophy import ban.
Indonesia: Fight the marine bitumen spill off Nias Island!
An environmental disaster is unfolding off the island of Nias: The wreck of the tanker MT AASHI is leaking bitumen. Call on the Indonesian government to take action!
One of Brazil's largest socio-environmental and labor tragedies – five years on
One of Brazil's most notorious socio-environmental and labor disasters, the Brumadinho dam failure case still haunts the nation five years on.
Tanzania: Is construction of the EACOP pipeline about to begin?
Construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline EACOP is apparently about to begin. Pipes for 100 kilometers arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in December 2023.
Indonesia: Christmas Eve nickel smelter blast kills 20
An explosion at a nickel smelter in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on December 24 left twenty dead and dozens injured. This is not an isolated case, says our partner JATAM Sulteng.
Indonesia: 14 years of impunity for arson in Tripa peat swamp forest
The palm oil company Kallista Alam went for ten years without paying the fine for its slash-and-burn clearing in the Leuser Ecosystem.
The oil industry is devastating Nigeria’s environment – for Germany’s benefit?
Environmentalists in Africa are pushing back against the fossil fuel industry. Yet the German government wants to import more oil and gas from there.
Indonesia: Carbon trading scheme threatens Aru Islands
Carbon traders want to commercialize the rainforest of the Aru Islands between Australia and New Guinea. The #SaveAru coalition is calling for the plan to be rejected.
Brazil: US carbon traders stoke conflict among Indigenous Ka'apor
The Indigenous Ka'apor do not want carbon projects in their ancestral territory and the rainforest of the Brazilian Amazon.