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“Insistir en la carretera por el TIPNIS es hacerse el harakiri”

6 Aug, 2017

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 Fundación Solón, habla con Página Siete sobre su ruptura con el gobierno del MAS en 2011, sobre el proceso que ahora le siguen las autoridades por la sucesión de Rafael Archondo en el cargo de Naciones Unidas y sobre el trasfondo de la carretera del TIPNIS y de los proyectos …

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El Gobierno portugués sufre las primeras críticas por la tragedia

19 Jun, 2017

Los servicios de bomberos temen que aumente la cifra de muertos en un incendio que sigue creciendo. Read the original article here

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Portuguese wildfires: early warnings hindered by damaged phone lines

19 Jun, 2017

Prime minister says telephone cables and communications towers were destroyed by wildfires that have killed at least 62 people. Read the original article here

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Indigenous Mapuche Play Key Role Protecting Chile’s Environment

4 Jun, 2017

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…

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‘Marriage of death’: Protesters oppose Bayer-Monsanto merger

28 Apr, 2017

At Bayer’s annual general meeting in Bonn, environmentalists and politicians voiced discontent over the proposed takeover. Both companies have come under fire for substandard ethical and environmental practices. Read the…

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Bayer/Monsanto in Paraguay: Im Würgegriff des Agrobusiness

27 Apr, 2017

Zur Rolle Monsantos in Paraguay und wahrscheinlichen Folgen nach einer Fusion mit dem deutschen Bayer-Konzern Read the original article here

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El conflicto de la soja en Paraguay

25 Apr, 2017

El agrónomo Miguel Lovera es conocido en ese país por su postura contra los cultivos transgénicos. Sin embargo, esta modalidad de producción está muy extendida en la región. Read the…

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Indigenous Communities are at the Heart of Conserving Biodiversity and Protecting Mother Earth

21 Apr, 2017

A photo essay by our member PACOS Trust, Malaysia. On Earth Day, this photo essay celebrates the beautiful interdependence between indigenous communities and nature. It shows various indigenous communities from…

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Environmentalists slam planned Bangladesh power plants near protected Sundarbans

21 Apr, 2017

By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, April 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 70 environmental groups have warned the construction of power plants near the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, a mangrove forest…

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Q&A: Forests soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection?

30 Mar, 2017

Our Mary Lou Malig was on panel and Ashlesha Khadse was participant. Every year, 18 million hectares of tree cover – an area the size of England and Wales –…

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Brazil beef scandal highlights dangers of industrial livestock farming

27 Mar, 2017

By Robert Soutar, Cristina Veiga Chinese demand is driving beef production in Brazil but producers have been found selling contaminated meat. Read the original article here

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How China’s Growing Appetite for Meat Affects Us All

24 Mar, 2017

By Betty Richardson The human connection with beef is one that has served our kind well. According to primatologists, the fundamental separator between humans and our closest genetic neighbors, the…

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What’s at “Steak?” The Need for a Just and Sustainable Global Food System

23 Mar, 2017

This blog was originally published on countercurrents.org Photo credit: Jason Taylor for Friends of the Earth International, 2013. CC License. Critical Information Collective. Brazil’s recent rotten meat scandal once again…

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Biomasa forestal para energía: FAO y forestales, sí; ecologistas, no

21 Mar, 2017

A cuarenta y seis ONG ecologistas y de ayuda al desarrollo no les ha sentado nada bien que la FAO haya dedicado hoy el Día Internacional de los Bosques a…

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Denuncian que en el Día Internacional de los Bosques la FAO promueva quemarlos

21 Mar, 2017

46 organizaciones europeas, entre ellas Ecologistas en Acción, firman una carta dirigida a la FAO en rechazo a su campaña sobre el Día Mundial de los Bosques, que promociona la…

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Casi medio centenar de ong critica que la fao promueva quemar árboles

21 Mar, 2017

– Hoy se celebra el Día Internacional de los Bosques MADRID, 21 (SERVIMEDIA) Un total de 46 ONG y alianzas europeas han enviado una carta al director general y al…

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Los ecologistas afean a la FAO que promocione “la quema de los bosques”

21 Mar, 2017

El organismo de la ONU sobre alimentación conmociona al planeta al señalar a los bosques como “fuente de energía natural”. Medio centenar de organizaciones le reclaman que “deje de legitimar…

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