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Ecocide
The large-scale destruction of ecosystems that harms the environment and the people who depend on it, mapped where it meets forced labor and trafficking.
Ecocide
How to Help Fight Climate Change in 10 Practical Ways
Where you travel, how you heat your home and what your workplace buys can cut emissions. Climate action can also help protect…
Ecocide
Drones, Satellites and AI Are Changing the Amazon. Who Controls the Technology?
A new Inter-American human rights warning highlights how surveillance tools can help protect ecosystems while also threatening the rights of communities in territories affected by extraction and organized crime.
Ecocide
How to Stop Deforestation: What Works and What Still Needs to Change
How to stop deforestation is often presented as a matter of planting more trees. Restoration has an important place, but it does…
Ecocide
The Cali Fund Has Collected Just $7,000. Can Biodiversity Finance Catch Up With Its Promise?
A mechanism intended to share the benefits of commercial use of genetic information is struggling to attract contributions. The dispute at COP17 is about who benefits from nature's information and who pays to protect the systems that produced it.
Ecocide
Brazil’s Supreme Court Keeps an Amazon Gold Mine License Suspended. Why Indigenous Consultation Is Central.
A temporary decision concerning the proposed Volta Grande gold mine in Pará leaves a major Amazon development on hold while a legal process continues. The dispute turns on environmental assessment, Indigenous rights and the meaning of consent.
Ecocide
UAE Oil Spill Spreads Toward Northern Beaches as Gulf Marine Life Faces Another Threat
Satellite imagery from late October shows an expanding oil slick off the United Arab Emirates, prompting beach closures. The ecological consequences will depend on where the oil travels, what habitats it reaches and how authorities respond.
Ecocide
In Suriname, Saamaka Communities Are Mapping the Forest Before It Disappears
New reporting on community mapping in Suriname reveals how Indigenous and Maroon forest communities are using geographical knowledge and modern tools to contest extractive pressure. The deeper issue is who has the power to define and defend a territory.
Ecocide
Indonesia’s 2026 Forest Fires Expose the Limits of Fighting Smoke After It Starts
Rain has eased some Indonesian fire hotspots, but officials warn conditions remain dangerous. The 2026 fire season is a reminder that peatland drainage, land management and public health cannot be treated as separate problems.
Ecocide
COP17’s $500 Million Species Recovery Pledge Raises a Hard Question: Which Species Get Saved?
Governments and private funders are trying to direct more support toward threatened species. The challenge is to make conservation choices based on ecological need rather than public affection for the most recognizable animals.
Ecocide
Peru’s 20 Million SOL Illegal Gold Mining Crackdown: Why the Amazon Needs More Than Raids
In Madre de Dios, a mining crackdown can be measured in engines, rafts and camps dismantled. What is much harder to measure is whether the forest, and the people who depend on it, are any safer after the operation ends.
Ecocide
UN Moves Toward a Global Environmental Crime Protocol. What Would It Actually Change?
Countries have voted to begin negotiating a new international instrument against environmental crime. The decision matters for illegal mining, timber, wildlife and waste trafficking, but it is not yet a treaty or a global ecocide law.
Ecocide
Bangkok Floods: Why Relief and Protection Belong Together
As floodwaters overwhelm Bangkok, Kru Nam is preparing a 15-hour drive with supplies. Her response reflects a wider truth: recovery must restore the safety, stability and support vulnerable children need.
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