Campaigners demand a reduction of carbon emissions and end to new fossil fuels in the wake of terrifying Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and land defenders are experiencing an increase in violence against those opposing environmental devastation. OSPREY ORIELLE LAKE and EMILY ARASIM from Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International spoke with Alice Harrison of Global Witness and María San Martín of Frontline Defenders
Three exporters caught up in Peru's biggest timber scandal have been caught on camera by the social justice and environment Global Witness. LAURA FURONES from the charity gives the inside story.
The trial of the ex-Liberian President - accused of purchasing arms with funds from the illegal timber and diamond trade - could lead to a wave of prosecutions using the 'pillage' theory
Timber, diamonds, gold and oil have long been recognised as drivers of war. But companies involved in trading commodities from conflict zones are seldom prosecuted. Isn't it time they were held to account? Matilda Lee reports
Consumers could unwittingly buy rings or other jewellery linked to serious human rights abuses after Kimberley Process fails to prevent the sale of diamonds from Robert Mugabe's Marange diamond fields
The plans currently under consideration for saving forests might help the trees, but they could ride roughshod over indigenous communities. Here are some ways to change that
