Tag: Right to Defend the Environment

Facing off against extractive industries in South Africa

By Shena Cavallo, Philanthropic Partnerships Officer Photo credit: Rob Symons (Flickr) Activists in South Africa secured an important victory in May 2022 when a Pretoria High Court judge ruled that a coal mine firm cannot expand a local mine. For years, community members and activists have been facing off against the Tendele mining company whose […]

Defending the Defenders: Why Protecting Environmental Defenders Remains Critical

By Alison Wright, Director of the Environmental Defenders Collaborative Photo credit: Wambui Gichobi | Survival Media Agency In 2019, Global Greengrants Fund became the fiscal home of the Environmental Defenders Collaborative, merging the expertise and breadth of our networks to support environmental defenders and deepen the impact of our collective grantmaking. The Environmental Defenders Collaborative […]

From the Shores of Lake Albert: How Ugandan Youth Activists are Challenging Oil Drilling

On the shores of Lake Albert, a very biodiverse region in Uganda, live many youth activists, committed to protecting the place they call home. Oil was discovered in the region in 2009, and the extraction of resources in the area has resulted in serious human rights violations and environmental degradation. Lake Albert Social Network (LASNET) […]

Justice for Fikile Ntshangase

Words by Allison Davis, Director of Regional Programs at Global Greengrants Fund, and Alison Wright, Director of the Environmental Defenders Collaborative. The Environmental Defenders Collaborative and Global Greengrants Fund condemn the killing of Fikile Ntshangase. A steadfast leader of community opposition to the expansion of an open pit coal mine operated by Tendele Coal, Ntshangase […]

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