A common thread connects several Greengrants grantees that have made international headlines recently. Grassroots groups in places as far flung and culturally distinct as Peru, Romania and Indonesia have had major breakthroughs in battles to protect local lands, ecosystems and their communities from gold mining projects in which Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation has been a […]
In a major victory for the people of Peruvian mountain towns near Newmontís massive Yanacocha mine, Newmont Mining Corporation has relented in its quest to expand the mine to Mount Quilish, a mountain that many consider sacred and where expansion would further endanger water quality and public health. Large-scale protests that mobilized 10,000 or more […]
by Evan Jones, Greengrants Grants Manager Indonesian environmental and human rights groups earned a major victory in November, when the official results of a long-awaited study on levels of heavy metal contamination in Buyat Bay were finally released to the public. The study confirms what several grassroots groups and scores of Buyat Bay residents have […]
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Mozambique has a history of corruption and injustice, but recently, Mozambicans have begun to demand change. In 1994, Mozambique held its first free elections after years of colonial rule and civil war. A government previously controlled by a powerful elite is yielding to influence from citizens. Livaningo, Mozambique’s first environmental NGO, has been important both […]
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