Greengrants Advisor Gives Talk on Indigenous Rights in the Philippines
This month, Greengrants had the rare opportunity to host one of our Southeast Asia advisors right here in Boulder, Colorado.
Greengrants Grantees Win 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize
Global Greengrants Fund is pleased to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize – including Greengrants grantees Olga Speranskaya, Marc Ona Essangui, Wanze Eduards, and Hugo Jabini. The winners of the 2009 prize are being honored.
Proposed Dam on the Mekong Threatens Livelihoods
The Mekong River is one of the world’s richest areas of biodiversity as well as an important livelihood source for millions of people in the Southeast Asian region. A proposed hydro-electric mega-dam in southern Laos poses a significant risk to the river’s huge number of fish species, and would wreak havoc on normal migration […]
Landmark Ruling for Indigenous in Brazil
After a 20-year legal struggle to secure their traditional lands, five indigenous groups who reside on the Raposa Serra do Sol reserve in the northern Brazilian state of Roraima are celebrating a momentous ruling that recognizes the demarcation and protec
Negative Impacts of Tree Plantations on Women
Greengrants Global Advisor, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI), and grantee, World Rainforest Movement, released a report in March detailing the impacts of monoculture tree plantations on women. See press release below.