Verdict in Indonesia: A healthy environment is a human right
A court on Sulawesi acquitted Haslilin and Andi Firmansyah from Torobulu on October 1, 2024. According to the court, everyone has the human right to a healthy environment.
Indonesia: The wild orangutans are back!
Good news from our projects in the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra: Orangutans are returning to the reforested areas, and our rangers are curbing poaching.
Thanks to everyone who supported Kinipan!
During the abrupt visit of the Minister for Environment and Forestry on September 7 in Kinipan, we presented her with the petition “Please help us save Kinipan forest!”
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Indonesia: Protect the habitat of Tripa’s orangutans!
Officially, the peat forests of Sumatra are protected as a habitat for critically endangered orangutans. The encroachment of oil palm plantations must stop NOW!
DRC: People and nature in eastern Congo need peace!
For 30 years, the people of the eastern DRC have endured constant violence. Now, the conflict is heating up again. The people and nature of the DRC need peace.
Tanzania: Government backs down after Maasai protests
Tanzania’s government tried to strip 100,000 Maasai of voting rights to force them from their lands. After protests, the plan was reversed.
Court suspends deforestation of Argentina‘s Chaco
A court order gives the environment and the people suffering from the corruption-driven deforestation of Chaco a reprieve.
Brazil: Smallholder families successfully defend land against agribusiness giant
Brazilian smallholder families received legal assistance to take on an agribusiness giant and fight for their ancestral land.
DRC: Expulsion of the Batwa people ruled unjust
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a historic ruling in favor of the Indigenous Batwa: They have the right to return to their ancestral lands.
Indonesia: Prestigious award for Papua’s Indigenous Awyu activists
A great honor for the Indigenous Awyu from Boven Digoel in southern Papua: the Indonesian Tasrif Prize for freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
Philippines: Help us save Palawan’s forests!
The Philippine government is opening vast areas of rich biodiversity and Indigenous land to mining. Please sign our petition – speak out against this crime against nature!
Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to six to eight years for defending nature
A Phnom Penh court sentenced environmental activists from Mother Nature Cambodia to lengthy prison terms on Tuesday, July 2. We demand their immediate release!
Cambodia: Ten years in prison for protecting nature? Release them NOW!
Six jailed members of the Mother Nature Cambodia environmental movement face up to ten years in prison for peacefully protesting environmental crimes.
Argentina: Stop the Chaco forest chainsaw massacre!
The province of Chaco has just removed protection from hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest. Tell the government to reverse this disastrous move.
Brazil: Ban the aerial spraying of pesticides!
Industrial soy producers in Brazil are attacking small farmers by spraying pesticides over people and their crops using planes and drones.