Press Releases

November 20, 2024 – With 18% of the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the largest tropical forests facing threats from looming oil and gas expansion, there is a closing window of opportunity to mobilize around nature as a climate solution

October 26, 2024–Fossil fuel development in the Coral Triangle overlaps with environmentally-sensitive areas, threatening marine biodiversity and human livelihoods.

October 24, 2024 – New analysis reveals the immense opportunity to protect forests, Indigenous territories, and key coastal areas from fossil fuel expansion and underscores the importance of financial solutions.

October 21, 2024 – Alarming new research underscores the need for immediate action to protect the world's most vital ecosystems, which are facing unprecedented threats from extractive industries.

October 10, 2024 – Indonesian, Japanese and South Korean policies and subsidies are supporting a false climate solution which could drive massive deforestation and forest degradation, reveals new research released at ASEAN Summit.

August 8, 2024 – New maps show fossil fuel concessions overlapping the territories of "Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact" (PIACI), threatening not only global climate and biodiversity but an entire way of life.

June 20, 2024 – New maps and technical analysis by Earth Insight show the Conkouati oil exploration permit overlaps 26% of Conkouati-Douli National Park and over 1,000 km2 of undisturbed tropical forest.

June 6, 2024 – New LNG developments lock in fossil fuels and threaten fisheries, human health, ecosystems, and the global climate

December 3, 2023 - New research maps fossil fuel threats to vital strongholds for biodiversity with huge climate implications.

October 24, 2023 - New maps reveal large parts of the world's tropical forests threatened by fossil fuel, mining, and extractive industries.

June 5, 2023 - Fossil fuel expansion in the Amazon and Congo basins is an existential threat to climate and communities

December 12, 2022 - An area six times the size of the UK threatened and tens of millions of Indigenous and local community members at risk.

November 10, 2022 - New maps and report show the Congo Basin is the epicenter of oil and gas expansion threats to tropical forests in Africa, and likely the world.

October 24, 2022 - Indigenous and local leaders name lending practices of banks and financial institutions as critical factors in oil & gas expansion in vital forest basins.