On September 13, 2007, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples after more than 20 years of negotiations. Though a positive step in the right direction, indigenous peoples around the world continue to face regular discrimination and violation of their rights. While there are many threats to indigenous rights, large-scale […]
Voicing their dissent to government efforts to derail climate change negotiations, 150 representatives of the International Youth Delegation gathered in Warsaw, Poland last month to protest a European Union Climate Package meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Last week, the Romanian Supreme Court announced a decision to declare the Rosia Montana mountain with the highest gold reserves, Carnic Mountain, a cultural monument of national interest.
On December 11 at 9 pm ET on CNN Anderson Cooper’s “Planet in Peril” series will feature La Oroya in Peru.
In countries around the world, from Ecuador to Russia to Nigeria, Global Greengrants Fund is working to support community-based groups in their efforts to resist the negative socio-environmental impacts of extractive industries.
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