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Panama celebrates Supreme Court ruling against copper mine - protests continue

Nov 30, 2023 We celebrate the Supreme Court ruling declaring the copper mine unconstitutional, reports Radio Temblor – Colectivo Voces Ecólogicas

Environmentalist Matek in Malaysia

Sarawak: Logging company backs down in face of local resistance

Nov 27, 2023 In Sarawak, a timber company had started clearing forest along the Ulu Lioh and Ulu Lijan rivers. Faced by the resistance of local communities, the company withdrew.

Chimpanzees in Sapo National Park

Côte d’Ivoire: A safe forest corridor for chimpanzees

Nov 7, 2023 The Cavally Forest in Côte d'Ivoire has been declared a nature reserve. The link between the Taï and Sapo national parks is thus better protected.

Students celebrate the dismissal of charges against them

Uganda: Charges dropped against anti-pipeline activists

Nov 7, 2023 A court in Kampala dismissed the case against nine young environmental activists who had peacefully protested the EACOP oil pipeline.

Humboldt penguins on a rocky coastline

Chile upgrades protection of the Humboldt Archipelago

Oct 27, 2023 Chile’s Humboldt Archipelago is now a marine protected area. This is a significant step forward for this biodiversity hotspot.

A group of young people sitting and standing in front of a tree on the beach

Alternative Nobel Prize for Rainforest Rescue partner Mother Nature Cambodia

Oct 3, 2023 The youth group Mother Nature Cambodia has been lauded for its commitment to conservation and human rights. Congratulations to our Cambodian partners!

Vote YES for Yasuní

Ecuador: Referendum halts oil drilling in Yasuní National Park

Aug 24, 2023 A huge success: a majority of people in Ecuador voted to end oil production in Yasuní National Park in a binding referendum.

Ka’apor meeting in the Amazon rainforest

Study finds Indigenous Ka’apor are Brazil’s best rainforest defenders

Jul 13, 2023 The Indigenous Ka’apor, partners of our organization, are resisting the trend of increasing deforestation in Brazil and are sucessfully defending their forest.

A person among the trunks overgrown with mosses and epiphytes in a misty mountain rainforest

Ecuador: Local people triumph over copper mine

Apr 17, 2023 A great victory for the life, nature and biodiversity of the Intag region in Ecuador: A court finally annulled the environmental permit for a copper mine project.

Orange Guianan cock-of-the-rock

French Guiana: EU rejects derogation for biomass power plants in the Amazon rainforest

Apr 5, 2023 Thanks to united protests, the EU has rejected a derogation for the construction of biomass power plants in the rainforest of French Guiana.

Ten women who learned to read, write and do basic math in a WCF project present their certificates

Liberia: Teaching reading and numeracy – for conservation

Mar 24, 2023 In Liberia, Wild Chimpanzee Foundation conservationists provided literacy and numeracy training to ten women in the village of Jalay Town.

Teacher in a village school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

DRC: Fostering community trust with schools

Jan 26, 2023 In the heart of the Congo Basin, Rainforest Rescue supports school projects that go hand in hand with bonobo conservation.

Protest by the citizens of Kinipan in front of the court in Palangkaraya, 2022

Kinipan village chief acquitted

Jan 17, 2023 Indonesia’s Supreme Court has rejected the trumped-up charges against the village chief of Kinipan, Willem Hengki. This is a victory for all defenders of Borneo’s forests.

Portrait of indigenous leader Sarapo Ka'apor wearing a feather headdress

Brazil: Rainforest Rescue petition leads to federal police investigation

Jan 13, 2023 Indigenous people in Brazil face harrassment, eviction and even death for defending their forests against loggers, cattle ranchers, agribusiness and mining companies.

Two African elephants in Mole National Park, Ghana

Stronger protections put in place for pangolins and elephants

Jan 12, 2023 Elephants and pangolins are now better protected than ever before. Hundreds of thousands signed our petitions calling for stronger conservation laws.

Indigenous activists Hamrullah, Nimrod and Renaldi behind bars

Indonesia: Indigenous rainforest guardians released from prison

Jan 3, 2023 Three wrongly convicted Indigenous rainforest guardians are free after months in prison. The men were able to rely on the solidarity of Rainforest Rescue.

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