This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts.
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Marcella Ribeiro dan
María Luisa Gómez
Despite generating billions of dollars in illegal revenue a year, environmental crime in the Amazon still isn't a priority at UN climate summits.
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Robert Muggah
The arrests of activists, the influence of algorithms, and the surge of public frustration are revealing how social media is actively fueling Indonesia’s ongoing democratic reckoning.
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Ika Idris dan
Derry Wijaya
Logging scars landscapes, destroys habitats and is a major contributor to climate change. Here's how old Android smartphones--that might otherwise end up in a landfill-- are being used to stop illegal logging and curb climate change impacts.
A Global Witness report has found that more than 200 people were killed for engaging in peaceful protest against corporate mining, logging, agribusiness and poaching activities last year. The trend is growing.
Hong Kong government’s three-step plan to ban ivory trade by 2021 received the go-ahead from the Chief Executive in Council, and the legislature amendments will be tabled before the Legislative Council in the first half of 2017.
Brazil and the Philippines are the most dangerous countries for activists fighting mining, agribusiness and hydroelectric companies for their rights to land, forests, and rivers, a new report by Global Witness found.