Biodiversity or Big Business? The battle for COP16 resumes
As countries return to unfinished COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome, states must commit to people and nature instead of caving to corporate lobbying
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Article | February 06, 2025
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Article | November 13, 2024 “We’re going to keep fighting and you are all welcome to join us”: When Brazil floods, Indigenous Peoples fight to save way of life
An Indigenous Brazilian calls for loss and damage funds to go directly to climate-affected communities, after a slow state aid response to Brazil's fatal floods
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Article | November 13, 2024 Time to pay up: Make Big Oil fund climate loss and damage
Fossil fuel companies, not regular people, should be the ones to pay for worsening loss and damage costs caused by the climate crisis
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Article | September 26, 2024 Barclays earned $1.7bn from company tied to Indigenous land invasion
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Press Release | September 26, 2024 Barclays earned $1.7 billion financing company tied to Indigenous land destruction in Amazon
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Long Read | September 10, 2024 Missing voices
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Article | August 22, 2024 One football field of tropical forest a day destroyed by farms supplying JBS
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Press Release | February 21, 2024 Deforestation footprint of Brazil’s three biggest meat companies five times larger in fragile Cerrado than in Amazon
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Article | February 21, 2024 The Cerrado crisis: Brazil’s deforestation frontline
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Blog Post | February 21, 2024 What is the Cerrado – and why is it important for our planet?
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Blog Post | December 11, 2023 Land and environmental defenders protect our planet – but they cannot halt climate change without access to justice
Briefings
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Briefing Document | September 20, 2023 JBS S.A. Dual Listing on New York Stock Exchange: A collective warning of risks to people, planet and investors
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Briefing Document | May 12, 2022 Shareholders urged to vote against board of Bunge for lack of action on climate
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Briefing Document | April 26, 2021 Bunge needs to urgently address deforestation and human rights abuses
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Briefing Document | August 20, 2018 Voluntary guidelines for agribusiness, and their relevance to defenders
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Briefing Document | July 24, 2018 What Businesses & Governments can do for Defenders
Press Releases
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Press Release | September 26, 2024 Barclays earned $1.7 billion financing company tied to Indigenous land destruction in Amazon
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Press Release | February 21, 2024 Deforestation footprint of Brazil’s three biggest meat companies five times larger in fragile Cerrado than in Amazon
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Press Release | September 19, 2023 Experts issue warning to investors as Brazil’s corrupt Batista family attempt to gain almost full control of world’s biggest meat company
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Press Release | August 08, 2023 Amazon Summit must put environmental defenders at the heart of commitments, as leaders convene in Brazil
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Press Release | April 24, 2023 New tracking tool launched to monitor Amazon deforestation in meatpacker supply chain
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Press Release | January 19, 2023 Facebook approves for publication ads with death threats and calls to violence following violent protests in Brazil
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Press Release | January 10, 2023 Brazil insurrection: Social media platforms must act to stop spread of disinformation and calls to violence
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Press Release | December 19, 2022 Brazilian palm oil firm, BBF, ramps up violence against Indigenous peoples in final days of Bolsonaro rule
Reports
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Report | September 28, 2022 Bankrolling deforestation: Central banks accused of financing environmental destruction
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Report | November 23, 2021 Global commodity traders are fuelling land conflicts in Brazil’s Cerrado
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Report | December 02, 2020 Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon
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Report | July 24, 2018 At What Cost?
Blogs
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Blog Post | February 21, 2024 What is the Cerrado – and why is it important for our planet?
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Blog Post | December 11, 2023 Land and environmental defenders protect our planet – but they cannot halt climate change without access to justice
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Blog Post | November 29, 2023 Why Indigenous voices must be central to negotiations at COP28
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Blog Post | August 03, 2023 A terrible trade-off: burger today, rainforest gone tomorrow?
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Blog Post | May 04, 2023 Hopes and fears for forests in a divided Brazil
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Blog Post | April 19, 2023 Defending the defenders: why Brazil must prioritize ratification of the Escazú Agreement
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Blog Post | April 24, 2023 Banking on destruction: tracking deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - and exposing its backers
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Blog Post | April 11, 2023 To save the Amazon, Brazil needs China’s commitment
