Ecology and Environment

Climate crisis and the risk of defending the commons

Global Witness report shows dramatic increase in killings of land and environmental defenders The recently released Global Witness report “Last Line of Defence” raises a warning cry: the irresponsible exploitation and greed driving the climate crisis is also driving violence…

Latin American and Caribbean forests are key to environmental sustainability and global food security

The Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission highlighted the strategic role of regional forests in improving livelihoods, countering climate change and halting biodiversity loss. The need to move towards more sustainable and resilient forest promotion and management, addressing the impacts…

Ecuador: Environmental defenders sentenced to pay 151,000 dollars to palm grower

Four Afro-descendant farmers, defenders of the environment, will have to pay 151,000 dollars to the company Energy Palma, which exploits African palm in the province of Esmeraldas. Judge Fernando Saldarriaga of the Multicompetent Unit of the San Lorenzo canton, ruled…

Face 2 Face with Flavia Negozio and Leonardo Libero.

LIVE SHOW on Sunday, September 12 at 12:30 PM EST On this show, we speak with Flavia Negozio and Leonardo Libero about their article titled “On Winds of change and high altitude winds: alternative solutions to the energy crisis of the Planet”.…

EcoWaste Coalition Urges Online Shopping Platforms to Go Mercury Free, Stop Sale of Mercury-Added Products

9 September 2021, Quezon City.  As the highly publicized 9.9 online sale gets underway, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition drew attention to the unlawful sale by third-party dealers of banned medical devices containing mercury, a highly toxic chemical, while…

A Climate Disaster Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes—And Politicians Still Refuse to Take Action

Hurricane Ida perfectly illustrates the devastating impacts of climate change. Stopping the Line 3 pipeline, in line with Indigenous demands, is a perfect opportunity for political leaders to take climate action. By Sonali Kolhatkar On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina…

Indigenous peoples and the Bellido Plan: rhetoric, gaps and dangers

Source: Servindi. 1 September 2021. By Roberto Espinoza* Prime Minister Guido Bellido’s message contains five references to indigenous peoples, but they remain “rhetorical and symbolic” because they do not include concrete measures in favour of their rights and historical aspirations.…

Water protest in Lo Barnechea: It’s drought and it’s looting!

We publish here the images of the activity carried out yesterday to denounce what is happening with water, from the fact that to produce one tonne of copper 215,000 litres of water are needed, to the fact that in the…

“Code Red”: Wake up and initiate real climate protection!

On 9 August 2021, the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report was published. The core message “Code Red” ignited in many countries, together with the information that we really only have this decade to turn the tide of climate destruction. But in…

Expropriation of ancestral territories of the Sápara nationality for oil exploitation in Pastaza (Ecuador)

The Sápara nationality, together with other organisations, requested an action for protection from the Ecuadorian state to return 70% of the expropriated territory. On 31 August 2021, the Sápara nationality located in the province of Pastaza filed an action for…

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