Nairobi, Dec 4 (IANS) This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them were killed over land and forest conflicts, rights activists said on Monday. Read the original article here.
M.H.: Es inminente la presencia de la OMC en Buenos Aires y la Confluencia contra la presencia de la OMC está organizando una amplia cantidad de actividades a partir del…
En esta entrevista, Luciana Ghiotto, de la Confluencia “Fuera OMC”, explica los motivos del rechazo a esta entidad, y detalla la realización, en forma paralela a las reuniones, de una…
Por Mario Hernández La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) estará sesionando su reunión ministerial número 11 en Buenos Aires del 10 al 13 de diciembre. Entrevistamos a Luciana Ghiotto, de…
By Jeanette Sequeira November 29 marks the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. It is a tribute to the thousands of courageous women who stand up for human rights and…
Photo: Activists stage protest against the carbon dioxide emissions trading in front of the World Congress Centre Bonn, the site of the COP23, the annual UN climate change conference, in…
Implementation of FRA in protected areas has been virtually non-existent and claims filed under FRA lie pending for as long as since 2009. Click here to read the original article.…
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Activists are demanding the repeal of a law to increase forest cover by planting more trees, saying it is encouraging deforestation and depriving indigenous…
Photo: In many areas, plantations were fenced off, blocking access of local communities to the forest. Credit: Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava / Flickr All the 52 compensatory afforestation plantations in Chhattisgarh,…
Uslaini or Chaus comes from a farming family of the Minangkabau indigenous tribe in West Sumatra. She is also an activist and work for the development of rural communities and…
Co-Written by GRAIN & Ashlesha Khadse Originall published by CounterCurrents.org on October 3, 2017 Featured photo by: Farmers of the Karnataka Farmers movement (KRRS) mobilize against unfair prices as part…
On the occasion of this year’s International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations (21 September), OLIVER MUNNION reminds us of the importance of conserving and restoring natural forests. The piece is…
This photo essay is originally published in Intercontinental Cry. Community members analyzing a map during a Participatory GIS (PGIS) mapping exercise. PGIS places control on access and use of culturally…
Cree que es posible generar una alternativa al modelo y crear una agenda del TIPNIS hacia futuro. Pablo Solón, exembajador de Bolivia ante la ONU y actual director de la…
Los servicios de bomberos temen que aumente la cifra de muertos en un incendio que sigue creciendo. Read the original article here
Prime minister says telephone cables and communications towers were destroyed by wildfires that have killed at least 62 people. Read the original article here
On World Environment Day, teleSUR takes a look at Mapuche community conservation and practices with this photos essay by Carolina Lagos, Global Forest Coalition and Colective VientoSur. Read the original…
