‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition

Short boat ride from Cop30 host, Afro-descendant residents of Menino Jesus say their voices are not being heard

The Guardian
Brazil: Illegal Ranches Devastate Rainforest, Livelihoods

Illegal cattle ranching has devastated the territories of small farmers and Indigenous peoples in Pará, the state that will hold the COP30 climate summit this year.

Human Rights Watch
Before the Trees Are Gone

YouTube

in the area, on whose crimes #Cheng reported several times in the past.

#Journalists investigating #IllegalDeforestation in #Cambodia, as well as other #press members, are frequently subjected to violence. Similar to #ChhoeungChheng incident has already happened ten years prior, when Cambodian journalist #TaingTry was fatally shot while investigating illegal logging in the southern province of #Kratie, along with five other journalists.

4/7

https://rsf.org/en/reporter-shot-dead-while-investigating-illegal-logging

Reporter shot dead while investigating illegal logging

Cambodian journalist Taing Try was shot dead yesterday while investigating illegal logging in the southern province of Kratie with five other journalists. Three suspects have been arrested.

A massive 7-metre red banner has been put up to block prized views of #Sydney Harbour after nearly 300 trees were illegally cut down. Councils across NSW are cracking down on this destructive practice, labelling it "the worst act of environmental vandalism."

#environmentalvandalism #sydneyharbour #illegaldeforestation #nswcouncil #treeprotection #environment

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/14/huge-banner-scuppers-prime-sydney-harbour-view-gained-by-killing-of-300-trees

Huge banner scuppers prime Sydney Harbour view gained by killing of 300 trees

Mayor says blatant disregard for environment is ‘offensive’ as councils struggle to deal with increasing environmental destruction

The Guardian
Shock as police chief taken off Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips murder case

Activists and lawyers in Brazil say unexpected change is ‘a big step backwards’ in the investigation

The Guardian
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’

Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests

The Guardian
Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests

Bulldozed tracks and informal byways in tropical forests and palm-oil plantations ‘almost always’ an indicator of future deforestation, say researchers

The Guardian
Indigenous communities demand greater change as Amazon rainforest summit begins – video

Leaders of Amazon nations gather to discuss the future of the Amazon rainforest amid growing concern over the global climate emergency

the Guardian
Leaders of Amazon nations gather in Brazil for summit on rainforest’s future

Conclave represents handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power

The Guardian