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Terry Slavin, (Sep 13, 2021)
Comment: Mining and logging were the deadliest sectors for activists seeking to protect their land and our planet in 2020, says Jago Wadley of Global Witness
John Randall, (Jul 19, 2021)
Comment: John Randall, Baron Randall of Uxbridge, warns that the Environment Bill, currently being scrutinised in the House of Lords, has loopholes that will allow meat linked to deforestation to enter UK food supply chains
Terry Slavin, (Jun 2, 2021)
Terry Slavin looks at the LEAF coalition, an initiative backed by the U.S., Britain and Norway that aims to channel carbon-offsetting finance into saving tropical forests
Caroline Palmer, (Mar 16, 2021)
Caroline Palmer reports on how the country with the world's biggest reserves is seeking to address concerns about the critical metal’s environmental and social impacts from indigenous and green groups – and car companies like VW and BMW, which are mainly sourcing from Australia
Justin Adams, (Jan 3, 2020)
Justin Adams of the Tropical Forest Alliance says durable change will only come when companies graduate from individual feelgood efforts and engage in the messy, hard work of collective action
Ben Leather, (Jul 22, 2018)
With agribusiness projects surpassing mining for the first time in terms of deaths of environmental defenders, Ben Leather of Global Witness calls on companies to stand with local communities
Han de Groot, (Jan 12, 2018)
As the two certification bodies merge this month, new CEO Han de Groot talks about how Rainforest Alliance will accelerate its work to tackle the world’s biggest challenges in the spirit of radical optimism
Terry Slavin, (Nov 23, 2017)
New research on progress towards ending deforestation by 2030 shows funding is woefully short, while indigenous groups say their role as protectors of the forest is under increasing threat
Terry Slavin and Nadine Hawa, (Oct 5, 2016)
Casting an eye over the last week in the world of responsible business
Terry Slavin, (Sep 23, 2016)
The Community Climate Biodiversity Standard used in the Bio-Bridges programme is an ecosystem services approach that demands stretching standards for community involvement and biodiversity
Terry Slavin, (Jun 22, 2016)
Activists from Indonesia, Liberia, Colombia and Peru have given first-hand testimony that RSPO is failing to stop human rights abuses
EC Newsdesk, (Mar 18, 2016)
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Ellen R Delisio, (Jan 11, 2016)
Monitoring deforestation has moved from the ground to the sky and now down the supply chain