Press reports

REDD-Monitor: Calls for the immediate release of Mother Nature Cambodia activists after court sentences them to prison

REDD-Monitor reports on the harsh sentences for ten members of the Mother Nature Cambodia environmental group and the worldwide response to the brutal verdict. REDD-Monitor highlights our petition calling for their release with more than 96,000 signatures. Other topics include the group's actions against sand mining and for Koh Kong Island, and the presentation of the Right Livelihood Award.

Chimpanzees Get Reprieve as Cameroon Halts Logging Plan

Cameroon suspended a plan to allow logging in a forest that’s home to lowland gorillas and chimpanzees by withdrawing a July decree that made part of the area the private property of the state.

Tanzania: Germans appeal to Kikwete

Mwanza — More 75,000 people worldwide have petitioned President Jakaya Kikwete over poaching and planned development projects that threaten the environment. The German NGO Rainforest Rescue called on Kikwete to "take vigorous action to protect your country's nature and its wildlife by curbing destructive business projects".