El Gobierno portugués sufre las primeras críticas por la tragedia
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
Prime minister says telephone cables and communications towers were destroyed by wildfires that have killed at least 62 people. Read the original article here
Indigenous Mapuche Play Key Role Protecting Chile’s Environment
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…
Aviation Emissions Under Scrutiny on Sustainable Tourism Day
22 May: Rapidly growing emissions from tourism related aviation, and proposals to offset these through fraudulent projects are a threat to biodiversity and communities, warns the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)[1]…
UNFF12 – the most quiet session so far
By Andrey Laletin* The twelfth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-12) took place at the UN headquarters in New York in May 1-5, 2017. There were more…
‘Marriage of death’: Protesters oppose Bayer-Monsanto merger
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…
Bayer/Monsanto in Paraguay: Im Würgegriff des Agrobusiness
Zur Rolle Monsantos in Paraguay und wahrscheinlichen Folgen nach einer Fusion mit dem deutschen Bayer-Konzern Read the original article here
El conflicto de la soja en Paraguay
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…
Indigenous Communities are at the Heart of Conserving Biodiversity and Protecting Mother Earth
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…
Environmentalists slam planned Bangladesh power plants near protected Sundarbans
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…
Divest from destructive Rampal coal businesses, groups urge global investors
Mangrove forest in the Sundarbans. Photo: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan Press release 7th of April 2017 During the current visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India, investors in the…
From the village to the United Nations: The journey for Peasants Rights
Photo credit: Hannes Jung By Muhammad Ikhwan* “In 2004, the idea to make a new human rights instrument for the protection of peasants rights were getting ridiculed even in the…
Q&A: Forests soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection?
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 –…
Brazil beef scandal highlights dangers of industrial livestock farming
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
How China’s Growing Appetite for Meat Affects Us All
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…
What’s at “Steak?” The Need for a Just and Sustainable Global Food System
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…
Biomasa forestal para energía: FAO y forestales, sí; ecologistas, no
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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