Fishing boats used to abound on Lake Poopó in Bolivia’s dry altiplano. The lake was the lifeblood for the Uru-Murato indigenous people, who survived off the lake’s abundant fish and flamingo populations. But years of rising temperatures, poorly planned irrigation techniques, and mining took their toll. The fish died, the water receded, and finally, last […]
Each year Global Greengrants Fund makes over 700 grants to environmental activists around the world, helping to support grassroots initiatives to protect the planet and the rights of the people who call these natural places home. We wish we could share every single story. Below are a few grants made recently that we’d like to […]
Here at Global Greengrants Fund we’re thrilled to welcome three new advisors to the Next Generation Climate Board and to the Greengrants family. The Next Generation Climate Board makes grants to youth-led initiatives on the front lines of climate change. Six board members, all in their 20s, put grant dollars into the hands of youth-related […]
UPDATE: The Brazilian Government cancelled the license for the dam on August 4, 2016. Read more here. Indigenous allies in the Amazon celebrated an incremental victory last month as Brazil suspended plans to build the country’s second largest mega dam (after Belo Monte). This is a big win for our grantees, Movimiento Ipereg Ayu, a […]
In true David vs. Goliath style, Máxima Acuña, a 47 year-old Peruvian subsistence farmer and mother of four, stood up to Newmont Mining Corporation, owner of some of the world’s largest and most lucrative gold mines. Máxima refused to sell the 60-acre plot of land to Newmont’s local venture Yanacocha. Despite being sued by the […]
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