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Deutsche Bahn pulls out of proposed rail and port project in Amazonia

Apr 9, 2025 After a year of campaigning, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has informed us that it no longer intends to participate in the GPM rail and export port project in the Amazon rainforest.

Chimpanzee in Grebo-Krahn National Park, Liberia

Liberia: Ecoguards patrol hundreds of kilometers on foot to protect chimpanzees

Apr 2, 2025 The 32 Ecoguards supported by Rainforest Rescue in Grebo-Krahn National Park covered 1,050 kilometers on foot to protect chimpanzees in 2024.

Zebras in the savanna

Tanzania: World Bank drops harmful project

Jan 21, 2025 The World Bank has discontinued funding for the REGROW project in Tanzania following harsh criticism. 80,935 people had called for this in a petition.

A white-bellied spider monkey on a tree

Ecuador: Spider monkeys reintroduced into the rainforest

Dec 18, 2024 Our Ecuadorian partner organization AmaZoonico recorded the moment that three spider monkeys were released into the wild after years of preparation.

Group photo of seven people in front of the entrance of a building of the EU Commission in Brussels

No EU money for GPM rail and port project in Brazil!

Dec 6, 2024 Together with our Brazilian partners, we visited the European Commission in Brussels and succeeded in preventing the GPM project from getting funded.

Men at the foot of a huge tree

Indonesia: The Tongka rainforest is safe!

Nov 20, 2024 Thanks to our partner Save Our Borneo, the village of Tongka on the Barito River in Borneo now has an official title to nearly 6,000 hectares of its ancestral forest!

Head of a green bird with a yellow crown

Indonesia: Striking a blow against the bird mafia

Nov 1, 2024 A truck carrying 6,514 birds crammed into 216 crates was seized at a port in Sumatra. This is the outcome of the tireless work of our partner organization, Flight.

Bonobo in the forest, DR Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Government calls off oil auction!

Oct 16, 2024 The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo canceled the auction of 27 oil concessions! Local activists opposed the project with the support of Rainforest Rescue.

Old wooden house

Indonesia: New forest on old plantation land – the village of Simenakhenak

Oct 2, 2024 The Sumatran village of Simenakhenak is recovering 252 hectares of forest with the help of Rainforest Rescue. A new forest of coffee and native trees is being created.

A large group of people in front of the courthouse in Andoolo

Verdict in Indonesia: A healthy environment is a human right

Oct 1, 2024 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.

A Sumatran orangutan in a tree

Indonesia: The wild orangutans are back!

Sep 11, 2024 Good news from our projects in the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra: Orangutans are returning to the reforested areas, and our rangers are curbing poaching.

Willem Hengki and Siti Nurbaya, with numerous photographers in the background

Thanks to everyone who supported Kinipan!

Sep 8, 2024 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!”

Four people with a large #SaveRawaTripa banner

The people have spoken: Tripa peat swamp forest, home of Sumatran orangutans, needs ironclad protection!

Sep 2, 2024 Our partner APEL Green Aceh delivered the petition “Indonesia: Protect the habitat of Tripa’s orangutans!” with more than 65,000 signatures.

Maasai women and men in colorful cloths at a market, a woman looks at the camera

Tanzania: Government backs down after Maasai protests

Aug 28, 2024 Tanzania’s government tried to strip 100,000 Maasai of voting rights to force them from their lands. After protests, the plan was reversed.

Aerial view of two large rectangular deforested areas and access roads cut into the forest

Court suspends deforestation of Argentina‘s Chaco

Aug 27, 2024 A court order gives the environment and the people suffering from the corruption-driven deforestation of Chaco a reprieve.

Group of Indigenous Awyu in traditional clothing

Indonesia: Prestigious award for Papua’s Indigenous Awyu activists

Aug 10, 2024 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.

Indigenous Batwa: women and children in a village near Bukavu

DRC: Expulsion of the Batwa people ruled unjust

Aug 7, 2024 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.

Three women dressed in red fabric and colorful feather headdresses

Indonesia: The Afsya people secure 40,000 hectares of forest in West Papua!

Jun 8, 2024 40,000 hectares of West Papuan rainforest are safe! Seven Indigenous communities and their forests have been officially recognized – a major victory after years of struggle.

Smallholder families receive legal support from CPT Maranhão

Brazil: Smallholder families successfully defend land against agribusiness giant

May 30, 2024 Brazilian smallholder families received legal assistance to take on an agribusiness giant and fight for their ancestral land.

Dayak children in traditional clothing

Borneo’s Dayak people a big step closer to formal recognition

May 16, 2024 A success after ten years of struggle for their rights: The Indigenous Dayak Tomun of Kubung village have applied for recognition as a community under Indigenous law.

Rainforest Rescue activist Elisa Norio at the World Bank

World Bank suspends controversial financing in Tanzania

Apr 23, 2024 The World Bank is suspending funding for the controversial REGROW project in Tanzania. The Bank gave Rainforest Rescue its assurance during its Spring Meetings.

Two black-capped lories in a cage

Rescued: Proboscis monkeys, leopard cats and black-capped lories returned to the wild

Mar 22, 2024 Our Indonesian partner, Flight, rescues wildlife from smugglers, fights the trade in exotic birds, and releases songbirds back into the wild.

Graphic: SLAPP suits are intended to silence critics

EU puts a stop to abusive SLAPP lawsuits

Feb 27, 2024 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.

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