You know we always say your support makes a difference? As 2012 comes to a close, we’d like to share 12 of Global Greengrants Fund’s top success stories from the past year. Here are just some of the victories we celebrated in 2012.
Some 1,200 indigenous people make up the Sarayaku community in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 1996, the Ecuadorian government allowed a foreign company to begin prospecting their lands for oil. The government never consulted the local people. >>Keep reading.
From August 24 to September 7, a team of paddlers from the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Indigenous Nation will venture 250 mi from their remote fly-in community to Hudson’s Bay. The message: “Respect our protection before this sacred landscape is poisoned by the diamond, gold, and metals mining companies who have set their sights on it.”
A clash of worldviews came together in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a week under the umbrella of Rio+20 summit. While many deemed it a failure before it began, hope emerged from the grassroots organizations and indigenous peoples that blazoned their unwavering commitment to our planet and future generations.
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has just been removed from office by Congress. It started with the massacre of landless peasants in Curuguaty on June 15th. This is a first-hand account explaining the chain of events that have shaken the country from the Curuguaty deaths to Lugo’s overthrow.
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