Proactive Activism
In countries around the world, from Ecuador to Russia to Nigeria, Global Greengrants Fund is working to support community-based groups in their efforts to resist the negative socio-environmental impacts of extractive industries.
ERA Director elected chair of Friends of the Earth International
Nnimmo Bassey, Greengrants West Africa Advisor and Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has been elected chairperson of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI)
Conservation and Justice Groups Split over Forest Carbon Trading — Ghana
This is an interesting overview article in the Guardian that highlights some of the concerns with including tropical forests in carbon markets. One of our grantees in Ghana (Civic Response, grant number 50-592, 2004) is quoted.
Gas Flaring: ERA Flays Arrest of Activists, Journalists
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has condemned Tuesday’s arrest and detention of its officers, community elders, and some journalists at Iwherekan community, Delta State, by soldiers guarding gas flaring sites.
Thinking Locally and Acting Globally: A view into Greengrants Global Advisor, Pesticide Action Network
As a maker of small grants around the world, it is often a challenge for us to gauge the full extent to which our grants have impact. The most obvious effects are, of course, those observed at the grassroots level. But part of our hope, and indeed our mis