Nigerian forest defenders see off illegal logging and criminalisation threat, but without stronger law enforcement, risks to ...

Toblerone and Milka maker Mondelez has been courting EU powerbrokers for over a year in an effort to dismantle key ...

Global Witness is delighted to announce Audrey Gaughran as its permanent Chief Executive Officer. She will join the organisation in December 2026 Audrey has extensive leadership experience in the NGO ...

Minerals extracted by hand from the African Great Lakes region are in huge demand. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda produce nearly half the world’s coltan, the main ore of ...

Until now the jade sector’s worth has been almost impossible to determine. But on the basis of new research and analysis, Global Witness estimates the value of jade production to have been as much as ...

Nestled between Brazil and Argentina in the heart of South America, Paraguay is the world’s fourth largest exporter of soy. But the social and environmental impacts of its soy industry have received ...

Dutch companies will profit from a new Philippines airport project being built at a high cost to communities and the environment Download the full report ...

European banks and investors – including Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole and Intesa Sanpaolo – are investing over €700 million in two companies that are helping fuel violence against the people of ...

Recent data shows that Chinese banks have become the largest creditors to “forest-risk” companies, after major producing countries Brazil and Indonesia Cattle in Pará State of Brazil. 60% of tropical ...

Our findings suggest that a climate of fear in both Uganda and Tanzania is stopping civil society and communities from challenging the pipeline. TotalEnergies' representatives, contractors and ...

Urgent action required to cut trade and aid ties to logging companies that have paid millions to militia guilty of mass murder and war crimes. In 2013, the Central African Republic was plunged into a ...