Big Win for Movements in Romania!
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.
Conservation and Justice Groups Split over Forest Carbon Trading — Ghana
This is an interesting overview article in the Guardian that highlights some of the concerns with including tropical forests in carbon markets. One of our grantees in Ghana (Civic Response, grant number 50-592, 2004) is quoted.
Legislation Repealed in Peru
Indigenous groups lifted their road blockades and suspended their strike against key energy sites Thursday, a day after a congressional committee voted to repeal two land development laws decreed by President Alan Garca.
Small Ugandan NGO Has Far-Reaching Goals
AFIEGO takes on Uganda’s energy crisis from the grassroots up.
Protest Prompts Logging Company to Pullout of Ontario
An interesting development in the Grassy Narrows indigenous community in Canada that has been struggling to control its own territory. Greengrants has made nearly $20,000 to this group since 2001 through our Global Advisor, Rainforest Action Network. The