Tag: Asia

Greengrants Mourns the Loss of Filipino Social Justice Leader

Global Greengrants Fund joins with our partners at The Samdhana Institute in mourning the loss of Renato Penas (Ka Rene), a national leader for landless farmers’ rights in the Philippines and Vice President of PAKISAMA, a 2007 Greengrants/Samdhana grantee.

Greengrants Advisor Gives Talk on Indigenous Rights in the Philippines

This month, Greengrants had the rare opportunity to host one of our Southeast Asia advisors right here in Boulder, Colorado.

Proposed Dam on the Mekong Threatens Livelihoods

  The Mekong River is one of the world’s richest areas of biodiversity as well as an important livelihood source for millions of people in the Southeast Asian region. A proposed hydro-electric mega-dam in southern Laos poses a significant risk to the river’s huge number of fish species, and would wreak havoc on normal migration […]

Protecting Displaced Slum Populations

Since May 2006, more than 150 slums in Delhi, India have been demolished under government pretenses of transforming India’s capital into a clean and more cosmopolitan world city. Learn about our grantee the Hazards Centre.

Buyat Bay, Indonesia: Newmont Mining Acquitted of Pollution Charges

In a setback for environmental accountability in Indonesia, Newmont Mining Corporation was acquitted last month by an Indonesian court of pollution charges and endangering peoples’ health in Buyat Bay.

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