Press Releases
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Oil and Gas Expansion Threatens Ocean Life in One of World’s Most Biodiverse Marine Regions, Warns New Report
Fossil fuel development in the Coral Triangle overlaps with environmentally-sensitive areas, threatening marine biodiversity and human livelihoods.
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What Colombia’s Fossil Fuel Commitment Means for Nature
October 24, 2024 – New analysis reveals the immense opportunity to protect forests, Indigenous territories, and key coastal areas from fossil fuel expansion and underscores the importance of financial solutions
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Fossil Fuel, Mining, and Industrial Expansion Threaten World’s Most Vital Ecosystems
October 21, 2024 – Alarming new research underscores the need for immediate action to protect the world's most vital ecosystems, which are facing unprecedented threats from extractive industries.
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Rush to Burn Wood for Energy Threatens Indonesian and Southeast Asian Forests & Communities
October 10, 2024 – Indonesian, Japanese and South Korean policies and subsidies are supporting a false climate solution which could drive massive deforestation and forest degradation, reveals new research released at ASEAN Summit.
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Isolated peoples may pay the price for oil and gas expansion in Amazonia
August 8, 2024 – New maps show fossil fuel concessions overlapping the territories of "Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact" (PIACI), threatening not only global climate and biodiversity but an entire way of life.
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Is there still time to stop oil drilling in one of the Congo Basin’s most biodiverse national parks?
June 20, 2024 – New maps and technical analysis by Earth Insight show the Conkouati oil exploration permit overlaps 26% of Conkouati-Douli National Park and over 1,000 km2 of undisturbed tropical forest.
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Heatmap shows Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) expansion in globally-important marine biodiversity hotspots
June 6, 2024 – New LNG developments lock in fossil fuels and threaten fisheries, human health, ecosystems, and the global climate
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Protected Areas Worldwide Remain Unprotected From Fossil Fuel Expansion
December 3, 2023 - New research maps fossil fuel threats to vital strongholds for biodiversity with huge climate implications.
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New report shows threats to the Three Basins
October 24, 2023 - New maps reveal large parts of the world's tropical forests threatened by fossil fuel, mining, and extractive industries.
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World Environment Day: A make or break moment
June 5, 2023 - Fossil fuel expansion in the Amazon and Congo basins is an existential threat to climate and communities
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Tropical forests have reached a crisis point
December 12, 2022 - An area six times the size of the UK threatened and tens of millions of Indigenous and local community members at risk.
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Congo's forests are in the crosshairs of oil and gas
November 10, 2022 - New maps and report show the Congo Basin is the epicenter of oil and gas expansion threats to tropical forests in Africa, and likely the world.
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Leaders call on banks not to fund oil and gas expansion in Congo and Amazon
October 24, 2022 - Indigenous and local leaders name lending practices of banks and financial institutions as critical factors in oil & gas expansion in vital forest basins.
