In a major step forward for global climate and human rights, paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper has promised to stop bulldozing Indonesia’s rainforests. But in attributing APP’s new policy solely to market pressure, U.S. media have glaringly omitted the role grassroots activists have and will continue to play in holding APP accountable for its environmental and human rights record.
“Nnimmo Bassey links human rights to the climate by demonstrating how climate change has the greatest effect on the world’s most vulnerable people, the very people who have contributed least to the problem in the first place. By awarding its annual prize to Nnimmo Bassey, the Rafto Foundation underlines how the challenges we face regarding climate and the environment also have a human rights aspect.”
From August 24 to September 7, a team of paddlers from the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Indigenous Nation will venture 250 mi from their remote fly-in community to Hudson’s Bay. The message: “Respect our protection before this sacred landscape is poisoned by the diamond, gold, and metals mining companies who have set their sights on it.”
“Of all the delicious Indian cuisine I sampled throughout my travels in India, the home-cooked organic meals prepared by the women of Bidhichandrapur are the ones that I will always remember, as a symbol of a bright and very tasty future.”
Last month, on the eve of his retirement, Global Greengrants Fund board member Stephen Pittam and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust accepted the 2012 Raymond Georis Prize for Innovative Philanthropy.
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