The Tropical Forest Forever Facility, set to be launched at COP30, is designed to guarantee profits for corporations and governments in the Global North by deepening debt and financial dependency in the Global South, writes Ben Radford.
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In Indonesian-occupied West Papua, soldiers are enforcing the destruction of vast areas of rainforest to be replaced by the monoculture plantations of the government’s “food estate” program, reports Chris Lang.
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More than 300,000 fires have burned more than 80 million hectares and claimed hundreds of lives across South America this year, reports Ben Radford.
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The Indonesian military is sending an estimated 5000 soldiers to occupied West Papua as part of its colonial land-grab, which includes plans to turn West Papua into Indonesia’s food bowl, reports Ali Mirin.
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The idea of trusting the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund with “innovative approaches” to assist developing countries dealing with the effects of climate change is a recipe for disaster, writes Chris Lang.
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The climate science says we are running out of time to avoid climate catastrophe but, as Friends of the Earth says, this COP26 did not deliver what was needed.
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COP26 identified the worst polluter culprits, ranking Australia worst in the world for climate policy. Gideon Polya looks at why.
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Indigenous peoples from 30 villages in Hasdeo Aranya, the densely-forested region of central India, walked 300 kilometres in early October, to demand the protection of their water, forests and land against coalmining, reports Ruchira Talukdar.
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