Topic: rainforests

This photo taken on August 6, 2017 shows cleared forest land, previously covered with illegally-planted oil palm trees and removed by workers from the Leuser Conservation Forum or Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL), ahead of replanting of endemic vegetation in the Aceh Tamiang area of Aceh province. (Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images)

"Orangutan capital” is being destroyed

Laurel Sutherlin - Truthout
Aerial view of the Transamazonica Road (BR-230) near Medicilandia, Para State, Brazil on March 13, 2019. - According to the NGO Imazon, deforestation in the Amazonia increased in a 54% in January, 2019 (Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images)

Deforestation in the Amazon, explained

Catesby Holmes - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Luiz Vasconcelos, Interfoto, File)

Regulation made farmers more productive

Rachael Garrett - The Conversation
Protecting Mother Earth conference attendees. (Ayşe Gürsöz / Independent Media Institute)

Climate action: Defend indigenous rights

Jade Begay, Ayşe Gürsöz - Independent Media Institute