Saturday, 29 March 2025

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The Southern Cardamom project is intended to protect over 450,000 hectares of rainforest (AFP)
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Controversial Cambodia carbon credit project reinstated

Forestry scheme Southern Cardamom now certified by Verra following damning Human Rights Watch report in February.

TC Energy signage is seen at the company's headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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TC Energy says sale of minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups is delayed

$1bn agreement to sell stake in natural gas infrastructure to Indigenous communities delayed due to 'transaction structuring issues'.

View of the city of Sao Paulo, shrouded in smoke from Amazon forest fires, in Brazil, taken on September 9, 2024 (AFP)
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Smoke from Brazil fires clouds major cities, neighboring countries

Smoke from intense Amazon wildfires is choking Brazilian cities and spreading across South America, worsening air quality.

Shoshone-Paiute tribal member Michael Hanchor visits his mother’s grave, March 15, 2024, in Owyhee, Nev., on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation that straddles the Nevada-Idaho border. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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A remote tribe is reeling from cancer. What role did the US play?

From petroleum in the groundwater to a history of dangerous herbicides, the Shoshone-Paiute tribes are pressing federal officials for answers on pollution.

Logs are seen in an aerial view stacked at the Interfor sawmill, in Grand Forks, B.C., on May 12, 2018. A British Columbia First Nations leader says the province must rethink its approach to the forest industry in light of Canfor Corp.'s decision to shutter two sawmills and leave 500 workers without jobs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. First Nation wants more say in forestry after Canfor mill closure announcement

B.C. First Nations chief urges local control of forests after Canfor mill closures cut 500 jobs, pushing for sustainability.

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El Comandante Hernández leads ‘Tree Army’ in defense of Mexico City’s trees

Activist Arturo Hernández leads The Tree Army, a grassroots group defending Mexico City's urban trees from harm.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
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Vale, BHP, Samarco could close $18 billion deal over Brazil dam collapse, sources say

Vale, BHP, and Samarco may settle with Brazil for 100 billion reais over the 2015 dam collapse, sources suggest October deal.

BC Ferries are seen leaving Horseshoe Bay near West Vancouver, B.C., March 16, 2020. Approximately 800 litres of light hydraulic oil have spilled from a British Columbia ferry into the sea after a propeller fell off.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Propeller falls off BC Ferries vessel, spilling 800 litres of oil

About 800 litres of light hydraulic oil have spilled into the sea from a BC Ferries vessel after one of its propellers fell...

FILE - A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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Judge in Brazil orders slaughterhouses to pay for Amazon reforestation

A Brazilian judge found two slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle from protected Amazon land, ordering compensation for damages.

A fresh cut stump is pictured in a cut block in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Oct. 5, 2021. British Columbia's independent forest-practices watchdog says old-growth trees on a coastal island are in danger of being wiped out due to inadequate monitoring of harvesting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Watchdog calls for B.C. to boost oversight of old-growth forest on Quadra Island

B.C.'s watchdog warns of old-growth loss on Quadra Island due to poor oversight; calls for better management practices.