Tag: Healthy Communities and Ecosystems

The Deadly Practice of Shark Finning

Shark numbers are in serious decline as the taste for shark fin soup in China remains steady. Their fins are brutally harvested, leaving the shark to die motionless in the ocean, and their decline is having harmful effects on marine ecosystems.

Protecting Marine Turtles in Papua New Guinea

The Leatherback Turtle is listed as endangered, but one Global Greengrants Fund grantee has found a way to curb its declining numbers.

In the Pacific: Picking up the Pieces after Devastating Tsunami

Global Greengrants grantee Aleipata Marine Protected Area Society is working with local communities in cleanup efforts after the Samoa tsunami of 2009.

Papua New Guinea’s Indigenous Groups Fight Deforestation

Deforestation has been quietly going on for years in PNG, but with the help of a Global Greengrants grantee, indigenous groups are protecting their forests from logging. The battle is ongoing, and your support is still needed!

Mining Company Sued for Torture: Historic Victory in Peru

Peruvian protesters come out victorious in a torture case against an English mining company with the help of a Global Greengrants grantee.

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