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Aftermath of Cyclone Pam: report from Vanuatu

Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu three weeks ago…and destroyed entire villages on the island of Erromango. About 10,000 people live on Erromango, the third largest island in Vanuatu. Because it is so sparsely populated, it is not high on the radar of big relief agencies. But overharvesting of sandlewood and extensive cattle and pig cultivation have […]

We Can’t Hold Back the Sea: A Woman’s Story of Climate Survival

Ursula Rakova’s island is disappearing into the sea. How will her community survive in the face of climate change? This is their story.

Shell oil to pay $84M for pollution in the Niger Delta

Shell has agreed to pay $84 million for two oil spills in the Niger Delta community of Bodo. A step in the right direction or a paltry sum in comparison with the devastation big oil is wreaking? It’s both.

Maasai land grab is back on as Tanzania’s government renegs

UPDATE: Last October, Maasai people—including a Greengrant recipient—in Tanzania won an important victory when the government abandoned plans to kick them off their land. Now it looks like the land grab is back on.

Saving the Leuser Ecosystem for orangutans, elephants, and people

Rudi Putra is standing up to palm oil interests illegally poaching one of the most incredible forests on Earth.

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