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Kenya: Local Fishermen Unite Against Environmentally Destructive Trawlers

The Malindi Marine Association (MaMa) began its existence in 1999 in a donated office space, with borrowed furniture and a budget which extended only as far as two volunteers could contribute from their personal bank accounts. However, thanks in part to funds from Greengrants, MaMa has been able to make a real difference in preserving […]

Papua New Guinea: Kimbe Bay Community Sets Aside Marine Protection Areas

With the help of Greengrants funding, Mahonia Na Dari, a community-based organization in Papua New Guinea’s Kimbe Bay, has brought together community members, educators and international researchers to establish 23 protected marine areas. They have also started an education program so successful that Papua New Guineaís government integrated it into the national school curriculum. In […]

New York Times Explores the Real Cost of Gold

A recent New York Times series explored the environmental and other costs of gold mining around the world.

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.

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 […]

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