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Indonesia to build coal plants despite b deal on clean energy transition

Indonesia to build coal plants despite $20b deal on clean energy...

The Indonesian government will still permit the construction of new coal-fired power plants, despite recently signing a $20 billion energy transition financing deal with...

Crop losses to insects will accelerate as the globe warms: study

Insects already eat...
Peru is tackling water scarcity with nature-based solutions, leading the way in Latin America

Peru is tackling water scarcity with nature-based solutions, leading the way...

The Peruvian city of Moyobamba is renowned for implementing a novel nature-based solution (NbS) project, charging water tariffs to locals and channeling the funds...
Historic EU law against deforestation-linked imports ignores Brazil’s Cerrado

Historic EU law against deforestation-linked imports ignores Brazil’s Cerrado

A day before the COP15 biodiversity summit began, the European Union agreed on the text of a law against imports of commodities like soy,...
Major Brazil palm oil exporter accused of fraud, land-grabbing over Quilombola cemeteries

Major Brazil palm oil exporter accused of fraud, land-grabbing over Quilombola...

Agropalma, the only Brazilian company with the sustainability certificate issued by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), is accused of a wide range...

For an Amazon tribe, phone cameras shine a light on their...

Armed with smartphone...
Q&A with prosecutor Alberto Caraza

Q&A with prosecutor Alberto Caraza

The department of Loreto, in northeast Peru, shares a nearly uninhabited border with Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil, making it ideal for illegal logging and...
For Indonesian smallholders, EU deforestation rule is a threat — and an opportunity

For Indonesian smallholders, EU deforestation rule is a threat — and...

Small farmers in Indonesia could be excluded from the European palm oil supply chain under a new EU deforestation regulation because they’re far from...