News and success stories

Stay in the loop with news of ongoing campaigns and successes in the fight against rainforest destruction.

Hundreds of Indigenous women protesting Xingu River gold mine

Mar 17, 2026 Brazilian authorities and the government must revoke Belo Sun’s mining permits and protect the people living along the Xingu River.

Demonstration against the destruction of the forest

Hope for the Kitubulu Forest: Uganda halts plans to clear protected reserve

Mar 17, 2026 A forest near Lake Victoria was slated for offices and a mall. After civil society pressure, Uganda's president has canceled all Kitubulu land titles.

Group photo of residents in Baixa Verde together with Rainforest Rescue activists

Brazil: turning ‘green deserts’ into fertile farmland and forest

Mar 16, 2026 The authorities in Brazil must implement the court ruling on the land rights of the MLT smallholders in Baixa Verde, Bahia.

More than 200 organizations protest against the ‘provisional’ application of the EU-Mercosur agreement

Mar 5, 2026 Over 200 organizations have signed an open letter opposing the ‘provisional’ application of the EU‑Mercosur agreement.

The face of a giraffe partly visible through a treetop

World Bank project canceled, but villagers still face violence

Mar 4, 2026 A World Bank project was meant to boost tourism in Tanzania – but instead it brought suffering to local communities. Now villagers are pushing back.

The timber company Junan Wood has allegedly been illegally logging trees in the Dayak forest.

Malaysia: company faces Indigenous justice for illegal logging

Feb 10, 2026 Junan Wood has been found to have illegally felled trees in the Dayak forest. The company is now being brought to justice under Indigenous law.

Group of people from the Chapín Abajo community in front of the oil palm plantation surrounding the community

Roots of Freedom: documenting communities resisting the palm oil industry

Feb 10, 2026 From southern Mexico to Honduras, communities poisoned, displaced and criminalized by oil palm companies speak out. “Roots of Freedom” is their story.

Montage: Justitia in front of a burning rainforest

SLAPP lawsuits: dragging democracy into the dock

Jan 28, 2026 Activists are being intimidated, threatened, and sued simply for speaking out. A new study on SLAPP lawsuits shows that the danger is growing

President strengthens forest protection – but police arrest forest defenders

Jan 23, 2026 In Nigeria, rainforest defender Martins Egot has been arrested. Although timber exports have recently been banned, deforestation continues unabated.