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Paving the way for destruction An intense scramble to sell and illegally acquire land is eroding the Amazon rainforest ahead of the paving of the BR-319 highway between the Brazilian cities of Manaus and Porto Velho.

Land grabbing, fires, and deforestation are surging ahead of plans to pave the middle section of the BR-319 highway in the Amazon. Threats to forest communities increase as the road cuts through protected forest and Indigenous lands. www.regnskog.no/en/long-read...

The rainforest rumbled its way into the climate talks, and the results are promising 🔥 Featuring the largest Indigenous delegation ever, this became a historic "Rainforest COP," securing both funding and political will. Let's celebrate these monumental steps forward for the rainforest 💚

Victory at COP30!
💚Brazil has formally recognised 4 new Indigenous territories. 16 more are in the pipeline.
👉The largest territory Kaxuyana-Tunayana covers 22.000 km2 of rainforest.
🫶We have worked with our Indigenous partner Iepé for 20 years for Kaxuyana-Tunayana
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ForEco is our forest economy program, designed by Indigenous peoples and local communities, to create lasting positive change and empower 799 communities to protect their own territories. 76 sustainable value chains benefiting nearly 10,000 people, almost half women. www.regnskog.no/en/how-we-wo...

The Belém Investor Statement on Rainforests Join the global movement to stop deforestation at COP30 and sign the Belém Investor Statement on Rainforests. Send a strong message to governments to put in place strong policies and regulations to el...

🌍 In 2024, the world lost 6.7M hectares of rainforest – 18 football pitches every minute. Investors are uniting to call for stronger policies to halt deforestation by 2030.

Read more in our joint statement to policymakers signed by 30 investors 👉
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Brazil puts rainforests and Indigenous rights at the forefront of COP30 agenda New call to action places rainforests and Indigenous and local community rights at the center of upcoming climate summit. RFN applauds the initiative's focus and urgency.

With this call to action, Brazil is placing rainforests and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the absolute heart of the global climate conference this autumn. We wholeheartedly applaud this initiative, backed by governments, Indigenous Peoples' organizations and philanthropic institutions.

This is a moment of choice. Germany can either retreat or reaffirm its position as a global climate leader 🌏
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Forest protection: Why Germany must continue to support indigenous peoples. Last month, the world was confronted with terrible news about forests: Global deforestation increased by a staggering 80 percent in 2024 compared to the prev...

Together with Indigenous leader Kleber Karipuna and Martina Schaub, Executive Director of Oro Verde, we call on Germany’s new government to recommit its support for Indigenous peoples as guardians of tropical forests ahead of COP30 in Brazil this year.
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@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, WE💚FORESTS.

Show your commitment to the EUDR and help protect what we love! Within a decade, the EUDR could protect over 8 million hectares of forests worldwide from EU consumption — an area almost the size of Austria! #Together4Forests

Indigenous victory in Peru: Wampis and Achuar Peoples halt oil project in Amazon rainforest Thanks to immense opposition from Indigenous Peoples in the Peruvian Amazon, no companies want to get involved in Petroperu’s attempts to establish oil production in Indigenous territories.

Finally, some good news: Thanks to immense opposition from Indigenous Peoples in the Peruvian Amazon, no companies want to get involved in Petroperu’s attempts to establish oil production in the Achuar and Wampis Indigenous territories🌳

EUDR undermined: Reduced checks for top deforesters The world’s top three deforesters, Brazil, Indonesia, and the DRC, are not seen as high-risk exporters under the EU anti-deforestation legislation. "Unbelievable," says Rainforest Foundation Norway’s ...

The EU's new benchmarking of countries according to deforestation risk was published yesterday. Unbelievably, many of the world's top deforesters are not seen as high risk. Why? The high-risk category is only informed by UN and EU sanctions, NOT evidence of deforestation. Read more here:

🚨 JUST LAUNCHED at the @OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains - "Driving Change, Not Deforestation"
 
The transition to electric vehicles is essential. But the way we decarbonise matters.  

Swipe through to see some of our findings!

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🌳Happy International Forest Day!💚

Today we celebrate with some facts about the incredible rainforest of New Guinea - the most biologically diverse island in the world! Swipe through the pictures below to learn more about this incredible forest!🦋🦜🐸

Dark blue, orange, green and teal text boxes highlighting 8 necessary steps to end deforestation by 2023.

📣 JUST LAUNCHED: 2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority actions for governments in 2025 📄

On the International Day of Forests, we’re glad to share the 2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority actions for governments in 2025. Find the full recommendations here: forestdeclaration.org/vision/

JOINT STATEMENT The big EU deregulation. Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections - ECCJ

Last week, Rainforest Foundation Norway signed a statement on Omnibus alongside 362 organizations from 53 countries.

❌The statement accuses the EU Commission of deprioritizing human rights, workers’ rights, and environmental protections for the sake of dangerous deregulation.
#omnibuslaw #EU

Happy Women's Day!
We are proud to work with Indigenous women leaders like Patricia Suarez of OPIAC, who tirelessly work to create and defend spaces for Indigenous women to participate and shape the policies that define the future of Indigenous Peoples and tropical rainforests.

The EU Commission throws climate and nature under the Omnibus EU’s new Omnibus law is framed as a sensible simplification. In reality the proposal hollows out existing regulations to make them mere paper tigers.

👎 EUs new Omnibus law is framed as a sensible simplification. In reality, the proposal hollows out existing regulations.

Cutting into the supply chain laws is not the solution for European competitiveness; it will instead simplify the destruction of nature.
#EUomnibuslaw

COP16: Countries agree to mobilize money for nature at biodiversity negotiations in Rome UN Convention on Biological Diversity member states committed to financially protect life on Earth, but global funds are decreasing. It is time to switch finance flows from destruction to protection.

#COP16 finally secured an agreement on finance last night, after failing to do so in Cali. "The decisions adopted today leave much to be desired, but will provide the basis for new efforts to fund the protection of #nature if acted upon immediately”. Find our immediate reactions here:

Press release: COP16.2 in Rome: More money needed for nature Government action to direct financial flows for biodiversity protection should be at the core of the resumed COP16 negotiations in Italy this week.

Government action to direct financial flows for biodiversity protection should be at the core of the COP 16-2 negotiations in Rome this week. RFNs International Advocacy Director is there to follow the negotiations and advocate for increased financing for biodiversity and rainforest protection.

A strong coalition of 40 NGOs calls for a more robust and transparent #benchmarking methodology under the European Union Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products #EUDR:
👉The benchmarking must reflect real-world risks associated with commodities such as timber, cattle, palm oil, soy, and leather.

EU deforestation law must reflect reality Environmental and human rights groups urge the EU to strengthen the deforestation regulation’s benchmarking process.

#Deforestation and #humanrights violations don’t vanish if the EU doesn't recognize them as a threat. Decision-makers must recognize what is happening on the ground where products are sourced,” says Toerris Jaeger, Director of Rainforest Foundation Norway.
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In November, fishermen from the Igarapé do Costa community noticed a fish die-off that took on frightening proportions. This tragedy was documented in the series “How Climate Change in the #Amazon impacts forest communities,” a collaboration between @folha.com and Rainforest Foundation Norway.

The study is carried out by researchers at University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and supported by Rainforest Foundation Norway.

Rainforest Payback: How deforestation fails farmers in the Amazon Brazilian soybean and maize farmers lost more than 1 billion US dollars due to changes in rainfall caused by Amazon deforestation between 2006 and 2019, according to a new study by Rainforest Foundati...

New research: Deforestation alone causes 40% of local climate change and up to 20% revenue loss for farmers in Brazil.
But replanting brings the rain and the revenue back.
If truly understood by the agribusiness, it could save the #amazonrainforest from collapse.
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The new Indonesian government plans to increase food production in Indonesia and is now working on defining and allocating crop areas. It is crucial that this is established on already degraded lands - to preserve Indonesia's valuable rainforest.

Norwegian support to Indonesia must spur further rainforest protection Norway will support Indonesia with 65 million USD for its reduced deforestation, according to a statement from the Norwegian government today.

Norway supports Indonesia with 65 million USD for reduced deforestation.
"The reduced #deforestation in Indonesia is impressive. We expect Indonesia to use this support to continue the trajectory," said @andershauglarsen.bsky.social at Rainforest Foundation Norway.

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Tractor in field on previous rainforest land.

Victory! The EU Council and Commission stood firm against attempts to weaken the #EUDR regulation in the trilogue negotiations. A significant victory for #forests, #biodiversity and #climate. Despite the one-year delay, this will ensure that only deforestation-free products enters the EU market.