Top grain traders ‘helped scupper’ ban on soya from deforested land
Cargill and ADM led push to weaken new protections for threatened ecosystems in South America, report says Cargill and ADM, two of the world’s leading...
Category : Conservation
Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project
Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes The World Bank is investigating allegations of...
Rhino numbers rebound as global figures reveal a win for conservation
Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangered Global rhinoceros...
Developed countries urged to ‘step up’ contributions to global nature fund
Canada and UK only donor countries to contribute so far, leaving scheme short of $40m to formally launch Developed countries have been urged to contribute...
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples Ecuadorians have voted in a historic referendum to...
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean African penguins are on track for extinction by 2035 if measures...
Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon
In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s...
‘Nature needs money’: Lula tells rich countries to pay up and protect world’s rainforests
Brazilian president says developed nations that over centuries have pumped emissions into the atmosphere must ‘pay their bit’ The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da...
Brazilian president Lula pledges ‘new Amazon dream’ at rainforest summit
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sets out ambitious programme to repair damage done by Bolsonaro and tackle environmental crime The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula...
Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over
Country’s top cop said 90% of miners despoiling Yanomami land had been expelled, though experts say they are only displaced Brazil’s top federal police chief...
