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 ...

The Brazilian Presidency’s flagship conservation finance initiative for COP30 – the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – must be supported by sponsor governments also introducing stronger rules ...

Alice Harrison, Head of Fossil Fuel Campaigns at Global Witness said: "Kemi Badenoch is wildly out of touch with what the UK public want. Most of us want cheap, clean renewables, not more drilling for ...

An aerial view of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire on 27 January 2025 in California. The fire was one of several that swept through LA, leaving at least 28 dead and forcing over 180,000 people to ...

Global Witness welcomes the US sanctions against the armed group PARECO-FF and three companies – the Cooperative des Artisanaux Miniers du Congo (CDMC), East Rise Corporation Limited (East Rise) and ...

If it succeeds, the TFFF could channel up to USD$4 billion a year to tropical forest nations The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is Brazil’s flagship nature and finance initiative for COP30.