Apr 13, 2020 | Brazil, COVID: All Posts, COVID19 & Indigenous Peoples, Featured, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Rainforest, Social Media News
Photo courtesy of World Rainforest Movement In Brazil, COVID-19 outbreak paves way for invasion of indigenous lands Mongabay 10 April 2020 Sam Cowie With outsider encroachment into indigenous reserves continuing to escalate in the Brazilian Amazon and the COVID-19...
Jan 2, 2017 | Featured, Forests, Social Media News, UN Climate COPs
Originally published by MongaBay.com: The Chinese government today announced it will close its domestic commercial ivory market by the end of 2017. Conservationists are applauding the move, calling it a “game-changer” for elephants, which are being rapidly...
Jul 21, 2016 | Deforestation, Featured, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Protests & Resistance, Rainforest, Social Media News
Originally published at Rainforest Rescue. Sign the petition here The Leuser Ecosystem protected area (KEL, Kawasan Ekosistem Leuser) on the island of Sumatra is one of the largest and most important nature reserves in Indonesia. KEL is named after its highest...
Jan 29, 2016 | Deforestation, Featured, Forests, No GE Trees News, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
GE tree company ArborGen’s motto is “more wood less land”. They insist that their faster growing GE and other trees will take the pressure off of forests by increasing the harvest per acre of land. This study puts an end to that nonsense. –...