Highlights from the Greengrants Advisory Board Retreat
This past April, global and regional representatives of Greengrants’ network of advisors met in Amsterdam to share ideas, strategies and plans for the future.
Mexico: Indigenous Seri Turtle Program Wins Prize
Gabriel Hoeffer, a 24-year old member of the isolated Seri (Cocmaác) tribe of northwest Sonora, Mexico, recently won his countryís National Prize for Indigenous Youth. His efforts to rally the Seri community to protect sea turtles have gained the cooperation of local fishermen and brought international attention to his work. In 2003, Hoeffer and his […]
Peru: Camisea Pipeline Spill Delays Decisions on Expansion
By Jennifer Stein, Greengrants Intern A liquid natural gas spill from the Camisea pipeline has reignited long-term controversies about the rights of indigenous communities to be consulted on decisions and protected from environmental and social harm. On December 22, 2004, a major spill at kilometer eight of the Camisea pipeline leaked liquid natural gas into […]
Honduras: Open Pit Mines Threaten San Andrés Communities
by Jessica Sherman, Greengrants Volunteer The villagers of the San Andrés area of western Honduras now know what a river of dead fish looks like. An estimated 18,000 fish were casualties of a cyanide spill by a gold mining company, Minerales de Occidente (MINOSA), in an incident at the San Andrés open-pit gold mine on […]
Peru: Arana Awarded Human Rights Award
Greengrants applauds Father Marco Arana, winner of Peru’s National Human Rights Award for 2004, awarded by the National Coordinator of Human Rights (NCHR), a coalition of non-governmental human rights organizations.