Update: Investors who had been supporting the Agua Zarca dam project withdrew funding in June 2017 after international outrage and pressure to pull out of the project as a result of Berta’s murder. Find out more here.
By Eva Rehse, Director for UK/Europe, Global Greengrants Fund UK
Berta Caceres was assassinated on March 3, 2016. Since then, the environmental funding community has asked, what can funders do to support environmental campaigners under threat? Across the world we are seeing a criminalization of activism. Given this, we must ask, what can funders do to support environmental campaigners under threat? Specifically, how can we keep our partners safe and ensure that vital fight for their basic needs can continue?
Read the full blog on Funding in the Wake of Berta Caceres’ murder on Environmental Funders Network.
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