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A few months back, we rode #Mexico's #TrenMaya in search of deforestation and other environmental harm. Check out our video to see what we found. @MongabayOrg
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Ahead of #COP30, I sat down with President of Suriname Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to discuss climate financing, land rights and more. Read the Q&A here👇
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.@MongabayOrg “The Biden administration talks a big game about using targeted sanctions to hold #HumanRights violators accountable in #Nicaragua, but @USTreasury lets the worst of these actors off the hook” - @joshmayer
@MaxRadwin reports on how intl’ mining firms like @CalibreMiningCo profit from @USTreasury’s failure to enforce sanctions against gold #mining in Nicaragua amidst increase in violence against #Indigenous communities: news.mongabay.com/2024/02/ha…
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Hopped on the @TrenMayaMX last month to see what all the fuss was about. My article for @MongabayOrg 👇
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Despite Canada’s ‘climate forward’ public image, it acts as a safe haven for extractive industries and companies operating in Latin America, including regions of climatic significance.
// via @MaxRadwin
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Congratulations to our 2023 Environmental Journalism Award Winners!
We are proud to celebrate these twelve brave and resourceful people whose investigations and reporting elevate the public discourse on ecology and climate justice.
Read more: sealawards.com/twelve-journa…
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El levantamiento de las sanciones sobre el oro y el petróleo podría frenar los esfuerzos de conservación en #Venezuela.
➡️Lea articulo de @MaxRadwin de @MongabayOrg
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#Suriname is over 90% forest but the country is weighing land sales to Mennonite farmers, who've been a major driver of deforestation in other parts of Latin America. Story for @MongabayOrg 👇
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Today marks 50 years since the 11 September 1973 coup in #Chile. Thousands of people were killed under Augusto Pinochet’s subsequent military regime. In order to move forward, Chile must secure justice, truth and reparation for the victims amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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The rise and fall of a king. A patrol through the jungle gone awry. Read my latest @MongabayOrg feature on land rights in #Panama 👇
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In Panama, an Indigenous kingdom fights for its right to the forest news.mongabay.com/2023/09/in…
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Exceptional, essential piece by @MaxRadwin about what goes into making - and maintaining - an Indigenous kingdom.
A @MongabayOrg feature.
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Critics question causes behind major new oil spill in #Ecuador's Amazon
"If we’re talking about sabotage, the gov't would have to show the evidence it has+what the purpose of the sabotage was"-@jacero71, Lawyer @AFrontlines
@MaxRadwin for @MongabayOrg: bit.ly/3OABOV2
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.@Mineros_sa Chemicals leaked from a processing plant of subsidiary #Hemco in a protected reserve in #Nicaragua contaminates 2 rivers with public health fallout for thousands of #INDIGENOUS people living nearby. news.mongabay.com/2023/05/ch… @MongabayOrg @MaxRadwin @Mittaloak
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"Mennonite soy farms have been a main driver of deforestation..." in Bolivian Amazon
“What’s happened over last 30 years is a consolidation of the Mennonites, which is transforming the forest” @LarreaAlcazar
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Costa Rica announced an all-out ban on the fishing of hammerhead sharks. Despite being critically endangered, hammerhead sharks have been bought and sold in Costa Rica for years, with demand being driven by shark fin soup, reports @MaxRadwin.
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For a government that's banned mining, @nayibbukele sure is doing a lot to promote mining.
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The Nicaragua govt stays quiet on what exactly is happening to the environment. But satellite data show severe encroachment into primary forests by ranching, mining and logging in 2022—threatening Indigenous communities.
@MaxRadwin reports for @mongabay
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New report: forests managed by Indigenous communities tend to be carbon sinks rather than carbon sources, while areas under different management are often less predictable.
@MaxRadwin reports for @mongabay
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Illegal gold mining accelerating deforestation in one of Venezuela’s most threatened national parks, new report from @ACA_DC reveals
Good new overview of crisis in Yapacana National Park from @mongabay
Includes interview with @SOSOrinoco
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