Month: October 2005

Greengrants West Africa Board Works to Heal Damage from Extractive Industries

The West Africa Advisory Board gives priority to grants that enable community voices to be heard on the social and environmental effects of extractive industries, especially mining, oil and gas production, forestry, and fisheries.

Nigeria: Grantees Campaign against Gas Flaring

While much political and economic attention has been focused on the oil industry over the past several years, the links between oil extraction and environmental, health and social problems have been largely ignored. According to a recent report by Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, a Greengrants grantee, 2.5 billion cubic feet of […]

China: Pingnan Green Wins Court Case against Chemical Company

On April 15, 2005, the Pingnan Green Association, a grantee of Greengrants, achieved an unprecedented victory against the Rongping Chemical Affiliated Company. An Intermediate People’s Court in Fujian Province ordered the company, China’s largest chlorate manufacturer, to pay the people of Xiping nearly $30,000 in reparations for health and environmental damages. The decision came four […]

Human Rights Mission Investigates Fumigation Along the Ecuador/Colombia Border

The Observatorio Interamericano de los Derechos de los Migrantes (OCIM), The Center for Human Rights and Enviroment (CEDHA), the Pesticide Action Network (PAN), and Greengrants funded an urgent fact-finding mission to Ecuador.

Increased Environmental Efforts in Xinjiang

by Mariah Ford, Greengrants intern Chinese environmental policy has come a long way since Mao declared that man must “conquer nature and thus attain freedom from nature.” Over the last decade, China has witnessed a huge increase in its environmental organizations, which have attracted thousands of members. By promoting environmental goals and fostering a broad […]

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