A large group of people in front of the courthouse in Andoolo

Oct 1, 2024

Verdict in Indonesia: A healthy environment is a human right

A court on Sulawesi acquitted Haslilin and Andi Firmansyah from Torobulu on October 1, 2024. According to the court, everyone has the human right to a healthy environment.

A man looks into the camera wearing a helmet and goggles while bushes burn and smoke rises in the background

Sep 27, 2024

South America: Going up in smoke for more cattle and soy

Much of South America is suffering from drought – and fires are being set to clear the forest for cattle ranching and industrial monocultures such as soy.

A Sumatran orangutan in a tree

Sep 11, 2024

Indonesia: The wild orangutans are back!

Good news from our projects in the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra: Orangutans are returning to the reforested areas, and our rangers are curbing poaching.

Willem Hengki and Siti Nurbaya, with numerous photographers in the background

Sep 8, 2024

Thanks to everyone who supported Kinipan!

During the abrupt visit of the Minister for Environment and Forestry on September 7 in Kinipan, we presented her with the petition “Please help us save Kinipan forest!”

Maasai women and men in colorful cloths at a market, a woman looks at the camera

Aug 28, 2024

Tanzania: Government backs down after Maasai protests

Tanzania’s government tried to strip 100,000 Maasai of voting rights to force them from their lands. After protests, the plan was reversed.

Aerial view of two large rectangular deforested areas and access roads cut into the forest

Aug 27, 2024

Court suspends deforestation of Argentina‘s Chaco

A court order gives the environment and the people suffering from the corruption-driven deforestation of Chaco a reprieve.

Group of Indigenous Awyu in traditional clothing

Aug 10, 2024

Indonesia: Prestigious award for Papua’s Indigenous Awyu activists

A great honor for the Indigenous Awyu from Boven Digoel in southern Papua: the Indonesian Tasrif Prize for freedom of the press and freedom of expression.

Indigenous Batwa: women and children in a village near Bukavu

Aug 7, 2024

DRC: Expulsion of the Batwa people ruled unjust

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a historic ruling in favor of the Indigenous Batwa: They have the right to return to their ancestral lands.

Arrest of an activist from Mother Nature Cambodia

Jul 2, 2024

Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to six to eight years for defending nature

A Phnom Penh court sentenced environmental activists from Mother Nature Cambodia to lengthy prison terms on Tuesday, July 2. We demand their immediate release!

Three women dressed in red fabric and colorful feather headdresses

Jun 8, 2024

Indonesia: The Afsya people secure 40,000 hectares of forest in West Papua!

40,000 hectares of West Papuan rainforest are safe! Seven Indigenous communities and their forests have been officially recognized – a major victory after years of struggle.

Smallholder families receive legal support from CPT Maranhão

May 30, 2024

Brazil: Smallholder families successfully defend land against agribusiness giant

Brazilian smallholder families received legal assistance to take on an agribusiness giant and fight for their ancestral land.

Dayak children in traditional clothing

May 16, 2024

Borneo’s Dayak people a big step closer to formal recognition

A success after ten years of struggle for their rights: The Indigenous Dayak Tomun of Kubung village have applied for recognition as a community under Indigenous law.

Four men hold placards reading “Save the forest and livelihoods of the people of Loeha Raya”

May 16, 2024

Activism at shareholder’s meetings of mining company Vale: Indonesia and Brazil

For many human rights organizations, shareholder meetings are an essential opportunity for participation: the case of mining giant Vale.

Three Indigenous people wearing large round feather headdresses

Apr 29, 2024

Brazil: All land is Indigenous, all property is colonial

Every April, the Indigenous peoples of Brazil demand the recognition of their ancestral lands with the “Free Land” protest camp in the capital Brasilia.

Rainforest Rescue activist Elisa Norio at the World Bank

Apr 23, 2024

World Bank suspends controversial financing in Tanzania

The World Bank is suspending funding for the controversial REGROW project in Tanzania. The Bank gave Rainforest Rescue its assurance during its Spring Meetings.

Protest in front of high fence with banner “Free Sorbatua Siallagan”

Apr 3, 2024

Indonesia: Indigenous elder abducted for resisting the paper industry

Sorbatua Siallagan, an Indigenous elder on Sumatra, was abducted for wanting to keep the paper industry out of his people’s forest.

Two women behind a high barred gate are being checked by a guard. Inscription on the sign: Agropalma. Access control for Nossa Senhora da Batalha cemetery. Private property

Mar 27, 2024

The sustainability scam: “certified” palm oil from Brazil

There is nothing “sustainable” about certified palm oil. The solution: please choose alternative products WITHOUT palm oil!

Chimpanzees in Sapo National Park

Mar 22, 2024

Carbon credits: The next round of indulgence trade in Liberia

The fight over Liberia’s forests is entering a new round. BluEarth Carbon, a U.S.-based company, wants in on the lucrative carbon credit market.

Two black-capped lories in a cage

Mar 22, 2024

Rescued: Proboscis monkeys, leopard cats and black-capped lories returned to the wild

Our Indonesian partner, Flight, rescues wildlife from smugglers, fights the trade in exotic birds, and releases songbirds back into the wild.

Male orangutan facepalming

Mar 20, 2024

Borneo: New clear-cutting in the orangutan forest – for paper!

In Borneo, a company is destroying orangutan habitat and stealing Indigenous land to establish eucalyptus and acacia plantations for the paper industry.

Villagers, environmentalists and eco-guards discuss dangers of Afi Mountain Sanctuary, Nigeria

Mar 19, 2024

Nigeria: Growing lawlessness endangers forest communities

Logging, illegal mining, poaching and armed groups are making the forests of eastern Nigeria unsafe. Local communities are threatened.

“Water is a Human Right” banner in a pine forest

Mar 14, 2024

Speaking out against Tesla’s German Gigafactory, mining in the global South

Protesters are calling for a stop to the expansion of the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin. Rainforest Rescue took part to speak out against destructive mining.

Graphic: SLAPP suits are intended to silence critics

Feb 27, 2024

EU puts a stop to abusive SLAPP lawsuits

The EU is finally getting a directive to combat abusive lawsuits, or SLAPPs, that will make it harder for corporations and powerful individuals to silence critics.

Path cut into the rainforest for the Tren Maya railroad line

Feb 20, 2024

Inauguration of Mexico’s “Mayan Train”: No reason to celebrate

While sections of the Tren Maya tourist railroad in Mexico are ceremoniously inaugurated, the fight against the impacts of railroad construction in the rainforest continues.

A group of Indigenous people with protest banners in front of a hut thatched with palm fronds

Feb 20, 2024

Brazil: Indigenous Ka’apor people denounce abuses by carbon traders

The Indigenous Ka’apor people call on the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Maranhão to take action to evict the carbon trader Wildlife Works from their territory.

Oil pumpjack with a cloudy sky in the background

Feb 2, 2024

For true climate protection: Don’t fuel the fire!

At the COP28 conference, Europe pledged to phase out fossil fuels. In reality, the EU wants to fall back on dangerous and costly false solutions.

An African elephant

Jan 29, 2024

Trophy hunting: Debunking the hunting lobby’s lies

Rainforest Rescue has long said NO to tourists shooting elephants, rhinos and lions for fun. Belgium is leading the way with a trophy import ban.

A participant of the funeral service embraces Maria Muniz Tupinambá, sister of the murdered Indigenous leader Maria de Fátima Muniz Pataxó (“Nega”)

Jan 29, 2024

Brazil: Mob of 200 landowners and police militia kill Pataxó Indigenous leader

Brazil: 200 landowners used WhatsApp to coordinate an attack on the Pataxó people, killed their leader and seriously wounding her brother.

Aerial view of the Brumadinho dam collapse, February 2019

Jan 26, 2024

One of Brazil's largest socio-environmental and labor tragedies – five years on

One of Brazil's most notorious socio-environmental and labor disasters, the Brumadinho dam failure case still haunts the nation five years on.

Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

Jan 3, 2024

Indonesia: 14 years of impunity for arson in Tripa peat swamp forest

The palm oil company Kallista Alam went for ten years without paying the fine for its slash-and-burn clearing in the Leuser Ecosystem.

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