Moving Towards DDT-Free: Uganda and Beyond
As reported in a recent Reuters article, the United Nations has announced a plan to rid the world of DDT by 2020.
Afro-Colombians and Indigenous Groups Caught in the Crossfire
The state of Chocó, in northwestern Colombia, is one of the rainiest spots in the world, a jungle haven with high biodiversity. Bordering both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, this natural resource-rich state is also marked by some of the highest poverty rates in the country. It is to this unique region that colonizers […]
Proposed Dam on the Mekong Threatens Livelihoods
The Mekong River is one of the world’s richest areas of biodiversity as well as an important livelihood source for millions of people in the Southeast Asian region. A proposed hydro-electric mega-dam in southern Laos poses a significant risk to the river’s huge number of fish species, and would wreak havoc on normal migration […]
Negative Impacts of Tree Plantations on Women
Greengrants Global Advisor, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI), and grantee, World Rainforest Movement, released a report in March detailing the impacts of monoculture tree plantations on women. See press release below.
Greengrants Supporter Roy Young on Submarine Tailings Disposal Practices
Longtime Greengrants donor and friend, Roy Young, owner of Nature’s Own stores across Colorado, has co-authored an article on the impacts of the horrendous practice of submarine tailings disposal in the March/April 2009 edition of World Watch Magazine.