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Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!

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DRC: Europe’s green transition must not cost Congo’s blood and forests!

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DRC: Stop harassing Congo's environmental defenders!

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DRC: People and nature in eastern Congo need peace!

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Cyclone and deforestation: twin disasters

Indonesia Cyclone Senyar, which struck Sumatra on November 26, was a humanitarian and ecological disaster. Massive deforestation worsened its impacts.

Indigenous people from Brazil protest on the streets

Indigenous knowledge before profit

Brazil Impressions from the People’s Summit and The People’s COP by Guadalupe Rodríguez, Felipe Duran, and Klaus Schenck from Rainforest Rescue.

An Indigenous woman and two men wearing feather headdresses stand beside five tree trunks that have been cut down

COP30: Forests are life, not Wall Street assets – voices from the front lines

Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia The TFFF will not protect nature, but profit from it – a project designed to attract investors while appearing to save existing rainforests.

A woman speaks surrounded by four people sitting on chairs under trees and in front of three banners stretched across the tree trunks

Checking in with our partners in Maranhão

Brazil Three Rainforest Rescue activists report on their visits to our partner organizations. Here are their impressions in the Brazilian state of Maranhão.

Mady Pataxó, adorned with a feather headdress, his mother, and Rainforest Rescue activists Felipe Sabrina and Klaus Schenck sit around a wooden table set for lunch.

Visiting the Pataxó in Bahia

Brazil Three Rainforest Rescue activists report on their visits to our partner organizations. The first stop is with the Pataxó in Bahia.

Protest against Okomu Oil Palm Oil in Nigeria

Socfin plantations: Abuses and violence are a reality

Nigeria The company Socfin has remained in the headlines: the Earthworm Foundation confirmed 69 percent of the complaints lodged by affected communities.

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Stop the spiral of violence, resource plundering and environmental destruction!

Democratic Republic of the Congo One year ago, we launched the petition “DRC: People and nature in eastern Congo need peace.” Since then, conditions have worsened sharply.

Environmentalist Bob Baribye (3rd from left) with activists, Uganda

Uganda: “No to fossil fuels, yes to climate justice”

Uganda Activist Bob Baribye is fighting in Uganda for the climate and against the EACOP oil pipeline. He spent 85 days in jail for peaceful protest.

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Working to benefit gorillas and local communities

Democratic Republic of the Congo Will the fossil fuel industry soon threaten the Congo Basin? Our partner, Réseau CREF, is working closely with local communities to mobilize resistance.