Charting Our Course: Rainforest Action Network’s Five-Year Strategic Plan
The future of our planet remains in our hands at the moment. But any solutions toward a sustainable future lie at the intersection of forests, climate and human rights. For…
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Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods in Leuser Ecosystem
Global brands need to invest more in community livelihood projects that reduce emissions and help build resilient societies Scientists predict that on our current trajectory of habitat loss and global…
Mondelēz International’s Deforestation Policy Under Scrutiny for Inadequacy
After recently receiving a failing “F” grade for its weak policies against deforestation in Rainforest Action Network’s (RAN) annual Keep Forests Standing Scorecard, Mondelēz International has quietly issued a new…
Banking on Biodiversity Collapse: Inaugural Report Reveals Major Bank and Investor Policies Accelerating Deforestation, Biodiversity Destruction, and Rights Violations
Behind the scenes, the finance sector is playing an outsized role in global deforestation by financing agribusiness and logging companies.
Report: Major Bank and Investor Policies Accelerating Forest Destruction, Biodiversity Loss, Climate Chaos and Rights Violations
New analysis documents $307 billion flowing from big finance into forest-risk commodities driving massive tropical deforestation *View report landing page here A new report released today, on ‘Finance Day’ at…
What’s at Stake in the ‘Orangutan Capital of the World’ — A Firsthand Account
Award winning photojournalist and wildlife conservationist Paul Hilton has over a decade of field experience documenting biodiversity and destruction in the Leuser Ecosystem. Photography by Paul Hilton I’ve been down…
RAN Calls on RSPO to Strengthen Requirements
Criteria Fails to Comply with New EU Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) RSPO Risks Undermining Credibility with Weakened Standards Contact: Jakarta Time Zone | Gemma Tillack: +61 456 843 690 US Time…
Big Wins for Forest and Communities
The most effective and efficient way to protect forest ecosystems is to protect the land rights of the Indigenous and frontline communities who depend on them. Science and history have…
“Natural” Gas is Methane
A decade ago, Rainforest Action Network coined the term “Conflict Palm Oil.” It was a part of a concerted effort to rebrand the most widely used vegetable oil in the…
Big Brands Show Little Sign of Progress in Our 2023 ‘Keep Forests Standing’ Scorecard
RAN’s 2023 Keep Forests Standing Scorecard shows minimal deforestation and human rights improvements among major consumer goods brands, and worsening performance by Procter & Gamble.
