Indigenous Land Stewardship Keeps Forests Standing
With the climate crisis in full swing, protecting ecosystems that stabilize the climate like tropical forests is more urgent than ever. Forests naturally store massive amounts of carbon in the…
Major Palm Oil Traders Confirm RAN Evidence of Illegal Plantations Inside Indonesian Wildlife Refuge, Commit to Restore Destroyed Rainforest
After initially denying the evidence, Indonesia’s largest palm oil traders admit that a supplier to major global brands was operating an illegal plantation inside the nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife…
Indonesia’s Largest Palm Oil Traders Confirm RAN’s Evidence of Illegal Palm Oil Development on peatlands inside Leuser Ecosystem’s Protected Wildlife Reserve
Latest scandal exposes how brands’ ‘No-deforestation’ systems are failing to stop sourcing of deforestation-linked illegal palm oil In September 2022, RAN released the Carbon Bomb Scandals report proving that palm…
COP15 Greenwashing Alert: Germany and Norway Pledge 30 Million Euro to Controversial Corporate-headed Nature Reporting Initiative at UN Biodiversity Summit
*Newly released TNFD explainer video available here Civil society groups outraged funding will be handed to wealthy corporate initiative while those doing most to safeguard nature can’t secure sufficient funds….
Notorious Rainforest Destroyer Caught Taking Palm Oil To Global Market
Supply chains of major brands found to be tainted with Conflict Palm Oil, Again As Indonesia’s extraordinary Leuser Ecosystem has gained international recognition as a global biodiversity hotspot, the conservation…
EU Deforestation Regulation an Important Precedent for Other Nations to Follow
Gemma Tillack, Forest Policy Director at Rainforest Action Network (RAN), responded to the adoption of a new EU importation law that aims to prevent companies from selling commodities linked to…
World’s Largest Certifier of Sustainable Palm Oil Must Strengthen Its Certification Systems to Remain Relevant, Warns Civil Society
Rainforest Action Network calls for fundamental shifts in RSPO’s assurance systems Kuala Lumpur – Members of the world’s largest certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil…
A New Forest Data Partnership – for who?
RAN welcomes the announcement of the Forest Data Partnership––a new initiative being spearheaded by WRI, FAO, Google, Nasa, the US Government and Unilever. Collaboration to scale up forest monitoring is…
RAN Responds to the over 600 Oil and Gas Lobbyists at COP27
The science is clear. Developing new oil and gas fields is incompatible with the 1.5 degree limit, yet all major oil and gas companies continue new extraction projects that lock…
The UN High Level Expert Group Sets a Clear Bar for Climate Action by Non-State Actors
RAN welcomes the recommendations of HLEG; concerned on lack of ensuring the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of of Indigenous Peoples Sharm El-Sheikh / Oakland, November 8 2022 — Today at…