By Julie Dugdale, freelance journalist. Excerpted from “Our Voices, Our Environment: The State of Funding for Women’s Environmental Action” Mangroves are an invaluable part of Papua New Guinea’s coastal communities and marine ecosystems. The carefully evolved root system of a mangrove forest provides a habitat for fish and wildlife that support local livelihoods, like those […]
Words by Attilio Zolin, CASA Socio-Environmental Fund Just an hour outside of São Paulo, Brazil, indigenous communities are alive and well preserving their traditional culture. The Tenondé Porã Indigenous Land is one of those places, home to four Guarani villages extending from the municipality of São Paulo to the coast of São Vicente. Within the […]
As we launch into 2019, here at Global Greengrants Fund we are taking a minute to look back before we look into the future. Together, with our global network, we have built one of the most effective grassroots movements to eradicate environmental harm and social injustice. In recognition of 25 years of grantmaking and […]
By Megan Barickman, Development Writer In June 2018, Global Greengrants Fund awarded a small grant to the Indigenous Cofán community of Sinangöe in Ecuador honoring a modest request to replace the motor in their dugout canoe. Yet, what resulted from the replaced motor was revolutionary for the community. The grantees, Centro Cofán Sinangöe, needed the […]
Protecting Indigenous rights to land, water, and resources is a long-term investment in Planet Earth. And yet, Indigenous voices are often excluded when it comes to decision-making around their own ancestral lands. In the Kahuzi Biega Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one community fought to overcome huge hurdles to continue to live […]
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