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Articles tagged with "Deforestation"

06.03.26

Environment

Bureau submits evidence to UN expert’s Indigenous rights investigation

Our landmark project gave us more info than we could publish. Now we’ve shared it with the UN special rapporteur on Indigenous rights

2 minute read

14.01.26

Environment

UK world’s worst for letting fossil fuel companies drill in nature reserves

New investigation reveals vast global overlap between drilling permits and cherished sites crucial for nature

13 minute read

04.12.25

COP in, COP out

My mission to interview 100 Indigenous people ahead of Cop30

We've been investigating the threats faced by Indigenous people for years. But ahead of this year's climate summit, I wanted to do something different.

6 minute read

28.10.25

Environment

Our situation is getting worse, 100 Indigenous people tell TBIJ

First-of-its kind project finds global concerns over rights violations, escalating threats and catastrophic climate change

5 minute read

23.06.25

Environment

Apple supplier bought gold from alleged Amazon smuggling ring

Documents filed by Brazilian prosecutors draw new links between illegal mining and major consumer brands

6 minute read

24.02.25

Environment

Saracens under pressure to drop main sponsor due to illicit gold links

Climate campaigners urge London rugby club to end deal with StoneX in wake of TBIJ revelations

2 minute read

20.02.25

Environment

Major US trader StoneX bought illicit gold from the Amazon rainforest

Papers reveal how metal excavated by ‘wildcat’ miners makes its way to major companies via a murky supplier network

8 minute read

12.12.24

Environment

Slash and carry: shippers ‘enabling’ beef-driven forest destruction

Global shipping giants transported half a million tonnes of meat from abattoirs linked to razed forest

20.11.24

Big Tobacco

Harvard set up worthless carbon offsetting scheme that sold millions of junk credits

Project has sold credits to EasyJet, British American Tobacco and Ernst & Young

20.11.24

Big Tobacco

Tobacco giant’s ‘carbon neutral vape’ was offset with junk credits

British American Tobacco’s Vuse brand got its green status via ineffective forestry project

13.11.24

Environment

Is your bank financing the climate crisis? And what can you do about it?

High-street banks’ green claims are under increasing scrutiny. Here’s how customers can find out where their money is going

14.10.24

Environment

Congo calls off oil and gas auction following allegations of backroom deals

Decision comes after TBIJ’s revelations of preferential treatment and alleged auction-rigging

18.04.24

Environment

Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land

Oil linked to major violations ended up in supply chain for maker of Gatorade and Cheetos

19.02.24

Environment

Santander arranged billion-dollar oil bond after making green pledge

HSBC also helped on refinery deal that will boost Amazon oil production

18.11.23

Why the Congo Basin is vital in the fight against climate breakdown

One of the world’s most important peatlands could be under threat from fossil fuel extractors

18.11.23

Environment

‘We won’t compromise’: Villagers rail against DRC’s fossil fuel auctions

Locals say they have not been consulted about controversial sell-off that threatens their land

12.09.23

Environment

Nestlé drops supplier linked to Indigenous land invasions

TBIJ revealed last year that beef giant Marfig had sourced cattle from inside Brazil's Menku territory

A composite of Kátia Silene Akrãtikatêjê, the first female leader of the Gavião Indigenous people, and members of the Mỹky Indigenous community playing in the river

05.06.23

Environment

Why we won’t stop reporting on Brazilian butchers

Bruno and Dom knew reporting could change the world. So do we.

A composite of Brazilian cattle against a backdrop of deforestation

02.06.23

Environment

Over 800 million trees felled to feed appetite for Brazilian beef

As part of the Forbidden Stories Bruno and Dom project, TBIJ pulled together data showing the systematic deforestation linked to cattle ranches

A composite of Bruno Pereira, left, and Dom Phillips, right, over the Amazon river and rainforest that was the backdrop to their lives' work

01.06.23

Environment

Bruno and Dom’s lives were ended. But the work goes on

We’re working with Forbidden Stories to make sure that vital projects like Bruno and Dom’s work survive even if the journalist reporting them does not

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