Wang Yongchen, co-founder of the Chinese organization Green Earth Volunteers, was awarded the 2004 Condé Nast Traveler Environmental Award in November. Wang, who is also a journalist, was recognized for her work in organizing an unprecedented public campaign against plans to build 13 dams on the Nu River. That campaign resulted in an April 2004 […]
Kyrgyz Republic’s Kumtor Gold Mine began production in 1997. In May 1998, a truck containing twenty tons of highly toxic sodium cyanide used in the gold leaching process crashed into the Barksoon River and spilled 1.7 tons of its cargo into the waterway. What followed is testament to the power of citizen action in a […]
Newmont is common thread that connects several Greengrants grantees that have made international headlines recently.
by Evan Jones, Greengrants Grants Manager Indonesian environmental and human rights groups earned a major victory in November, when the official results of a long-awaited study on levels of heavy metal contamination in Buyat Bay were finally released to the public. The study confirms what several grassroots groups and scores of Buyat Bay residents have […]
A common thread connects several Greengrants grantees that have made international headlines recently. Grassroots groups in places as far flung and culturally distinct as Peru, Romania and Indonesia have had major breakthroughs in battles to protect local lands, ecosystems and their communities from gold mining projects in which Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation has been a […]
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