Patagonia’s Wildest Rivers Protected, For Now
A Chilean appeals court has temporarily blocked the massive HidroAysen project, which would construct five dams on two of the worlds purest free-flowing rivers.
Persistent Activism Safeguards Peruvian Amazon from Hydroelectric Dam
Precedent-setting decision requires that all future proposed projects in the Inambari Basin must be subjected to prior consultation with local communities.
Mining Study: Small Grants and Strong Networks
A recent look into our grantmaking in Peru and Ghana proved that small grants are key in strengthening social and environmental movements and protecting natural resources.
Undermining Access to Land by Mining and Oil Extraction
In Western Africa, most people are in rural areas, where they live completely from their land. The global hunger for oil, minerals, and other of Africa’s resources is pushing millions off their land.
Indigenous Funding: “From Little Things, Big Things Grow”
In the 1990s tourism development destroyed Serangan Island’s coral reef. Local indigenous people committed themselves to reviving the reef, and they’ve since planted more than 35,000 corals. The recent Asia/Pacific Summit aimed to support more stories like Serangan’s, because ‘from little things, big things grow.’