4 October 2017
How can food companies stop contributing to deforestation? A panel of experts discussed solutions at a roundtable in New York
29 September 2017
Corporations globally have made hundreds of commitments on deforestation. But what do these pledges really mean and why do scandals keep happening?
27 September 2017
The app will provide weekly satellite deforestation data in 17 tropical countries including Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A mobile app launched on Tuesday will allow indigenous people, forest managers and law enforcement officials in remote areas to monitor
25 September 2017
The following is an English-translation of a Spanish-language article by Jazmín Acuña, originally published by Kurtural.
The Chaco region, which stretches across parts of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina, has the world's highest rate of deforestation, caused by logging for the production of
8 September 2017
The victims were targeted by a criminal gang who wanted to use their lands to grow lucrative palm oil, according to local indigenous leaders
Six farmers have been shot dead by a criminal gang who wanted to seize their farms to muscle in on the lucrative palm oil trade, according to indigenous
5 September 2017
Deforestation, alongside unplanned and unregulated construction transformed a natural hazard into a flooding and mudslide disaster
YAOUNDE, Sept 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Experience gained taming West Africa's Ebola outbreak is helping Sierra Leone deal with its recent mudslide disaster,
1 September 2017
NGO Earthsight reports charcoal from the Chaco region has been sold in Aldi, Lidl and Carrefour in Spain and Germany
No tropical forests anywhere in the world are being destroyed more rapidly than the Chaco stretching across Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Not the Amazon in Brazil, nor in
28 August 2017
Residents of low cost housing can design their communities better than an architect, says legendary planner and designer Balkrishna Doshi
LONDON, Aug 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Balkrishna Doshi began his illustrious career as India was born, and many of the architect's most influential
22 August 2017
Current Status of the Land Resources
Since the dawn of civilisation land and water have been the basic elements of life support system in our planet. Great civilisations flourished where these resources was available in plenty and they declined or perished with their depletion.
15 August 2017
Last week, indigenous organizations and civil society bodies demonstrated widely against what they see as the Brazilian government’s on going moves to reduce Indian land rights, and to demand the government open a dialogue with indigenous representatives.
Of greatest concern is President Temer’s
7 August 2017
Rebels imposed environmental rules remote rainforest regions, government struggling to fill power vacuum
7 August 2017
Deadline:
11/08/2017
Region:
Africa
The next inclusive nomination session for funding from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation opened online on July 3 2017 and will end on August 11 2017.