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 […]
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 […]
Note: Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), a Lesotho community development and human rights group, is working to bring moderation to the controversy over one of the largest dam building projects in the world. It’s getting help from an unlikely and very distant source: India’s famed Narmada Bachao Andolan. The six-dam Lesotho Highlands Water Project, designed […]
In November 2002, fifteen children died from an outbreak of influenza in indigenous communities of Peruís remote Kugapakori Nahua Reserve. Similar epidemics in the region have followed construction of the Camisea Pipeline, a major liquid natural gas pipeline that crosses the territory of many indigenous peoples. These deaths are disturbing, especially because these communities had […]
We wish to congratulate Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Her tireless work for the environment, empowerment of women and alleviation of poverty is having a powerful impact on Africa, and this recognition promises to draw further attention to her work and the work of others on the front lines of human […]
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