Hydroelectric Project in Brazil Gains International Attention
The New York Times recently reported on the latest of a series of meg-dam projects to be proposed in the Madeira River Basin of Brazil.
UPDATE: Success in Protecting the Mabira Forest Reserve!
In an update to our article last month, the National Association of Professional Environmentalists of Uganda was successful in pressuring the government to protect the valuable Mabira Forest Reserve from sugar cane development.
Advisor Nnimmo Bassey—Opinion in Alliance Magazine on the ‘Alliance for a Green Revolution’ in Africa
West Africa Advisory Board member Nnimmo Bassey, of Environmental Rights Action, discusses why he believes that the latest Gates/Rockefeller initiative will deepen the problems faced by African farmers
Peruvian Environmental Defender Father Arana is Threatened for Work against Mine
Father Arana of GRUFIDES, a grassroots group in Peru working on issues of extractive mining impacts, has been threatened by masked men and followed a mining company vehicle from the Yanacocha Mine, owned by Newmont Mining Corporation.
Nigeria Gas Flaring Update
Greengrants has been funding grassroots groups involved in a campaign to stop illegal gas flaring in the Niger Delta of Nigeria for years. Despite a precedent-setting court decision, Shell Oil continue with the practice.