Brazil can't save our world's remaining forests while banks keep fuelling the deforestation economy, says Global Witness ...

When land grabbing banishes communities from their homes, the surrounding environment and biodiversity are left at the mercy ...

UN Climate Change have announced new disclosure requirements for people attending COP, in a big win for accountability and ...

Global Witness documented 117 defender killings last year (82%) in Latin America, with 48 in Colombia, which had the most ...

New Global Witness report identifies patterns in laws increasingly being used across Asia to shut down peaceful activism and ...

In Asia, criminalisation and detention of defenders is increasingly common. Here, we analyse how governments weaponise laws ...

I could tell you that, around the world, three people are killed every week while trying to protect their land, their environment, from extractive forces. I could tell you that this has been going on ...

Recent data shows that Chinese banks have become the largest creditors to “forest-risk” companies, after major producing countries Brazil and Indonesia Cattle in Pará State of Brazil. 60% of tropical ...

The jaguar's future looks increasingly uncertain as Big Agribusiness tears down its home in Brazil's tropical forests to make way for cattle ranching Jaguars are key for healthy ecosystems. Gerald ...

Fossil fuel giant BP’s recent scrapping of its 2030 interim target to reduce production is estimated to cause 72,000 additional heat deaths by the end of this century driven by increased emissions ...

The entrance to the Veolia San Silvestre Environmental Technology Park. Leonardo Granados / Global Witness Global Witness obtained a series of videos secretly filmed within the Veolia-managed site ...

While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe The extraction and trade of some ...