Report: Major Bank and Investor Policies Accelerating Forest Destruction, Biodiversity Loss, Climate Chaos and Rights Violations
New analysis documents $307 billion flowing from big finance into forest-risk commodities driving massive tropical deforestation *View report landing page here A new report released today, on ‘Finance Day’ at…
Is TNFD an answer to the biodiversity crisis?
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has emerged as a proposed solution to the biodiversity crisis — but it’s a product of the same collusion between corporations and regulators that has deepened, not helped, the planet’s biodiversity crisis.
COP15 Greenwashing Alert: Germany and Norway Pledge 30 Million Euro to Controversial Corporate-headed Nature Reporting Initiative at UN Biodiversity Summit
*Newly released TNFD explainer video available here Civil society groups outraged funding will be handed to wealthy corporate initiative while those doing most to safeguard nature can’t secure sufficient funds….
Biodiversity — Earth’s million-piece puzzle
The forests of the world are “biodiversity hotspots,” places where we can find an extraordinarily high number of unique species — including species that are currently threatened with extinction in the wild. But biodiversity is so much more than just the sum total of individual species, which is why we have to protect places like the last tropical rainforests, stretching from Indonesia to the Amazon, with all that we have.
We must keep forests standing, uphold rights and protect the climate
Here we are in a new year and 2020 requires bold action from all of us. We must keep forests intact and standing. We must uphold the rights of frontline and Indigenous communities as they face the most immediate harm. We must draw a line in the sand: not another forest cleared.
Fast facts about Australia fires
The images and video coming from Australia are devastating. Yet again, the climate crisis is fueling another horrifying event, one that has killed an estimated 500 million animals, dozens of…
The Leuser Ecosystem: At the Frontlines of Extinction
This blog comes to us from Heather Rally, a wildlife veterinarian who worked on the covert operations for the highly acclaimed film Racing Extinction. You have likely heard of the Amazon or…
From the Field: A Call To Protect Sumatra’s Crown Jewel
Chances are you’ve heard of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, America’s Yellowstone and Africa’s Serengeti – iconic wild areas rightly famous the world over for their outstanding natural grandeur. But how…
New Study: Species Gravely Endangered by Global Trade of Commodities like Palm Oil
A new study led by the University of Sydney appeared in the Journal Nature recently, warning that nearly a third of animal species under threat in developing nations are linked…
ADM vs. Responsible Palm Oil & Human Rights
Unlike 2008’s showdown, nobody from RAN attended this year’s Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) shareholder meeting to hold CEO Patricia Woertz’ ass to the fire. Nonetheless, ADM did not get away…