New Alliance Forms to Defend Traditional Territories in the Amazon
One of the biggest challenges facing Indigenous and traditional communities fighting to defend their territories around the world is a lack of universally recognized maps and physical markers demarcating the…
Big Food Wins Dietary Guidelines Battle
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), released on January 7, are woefully disappointing. In a classic case of David vs. Goliath, after almost a year of savvy organizing by…
Make Big Tobacco pay
One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies has been caught red-handed undermining democracy to push its deadly product. But we have a chance to hold them accountable. Add your voice:…
2015: Driving Change to the Forest Floor
Celebrating 30 years of challenging corporate power, 2015 was a pivotal year for Rainforest Action Network. This year proved to be a unique moment in RAN’s forest program history, as…
Restoring the Leuser Ecosystem: Government Leadership in Action!
Last week, local government officials from the district of Aceh Tamiang in Aceh, Indonesia, began a project to restore 1,070 hectares of forest within the Leuser Ecosystem that had been…
RAN’s COP21 Statement
Rainforest Action Network views today’s global climate agreement in Paris with both hope and disappointment.We are encouraged at the recognition that deforestation and forest degradation play a critical role in…
2015 In Review: Exposing Spin and Driving Innovation In the Palm Oil Industry
In 2014, we witnessed a wave of paper commitments to cut the destruction of rainforest and peatlands, and the exploitation of local communities and workers, from the supply chains of…
RAN’s Palm Oil Action Team: A Year in Review
2015 has been a powerful year in RAN’s Conflict Palm Oil Campaign. RAN Palm Oil Activists have worked tirelessly to keep the pressure on PepsiCo and the rest of Snack…
Diet for a Healthy Planet
Will the U.S. Government finally weigh the climate impacts of our food choices when determining official recommendations on what Americans should be eating? All eyes are on the U.S….