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World Conservation Congress votes to protect indigenous sacred lands
Originally posted in the Ecologist. An article by Hannibal Rhoades for The Gaia Foundation. As the global assault on indigenous lands intensifies, the world’s largest conservation group, the IUCN, has just… Read More
Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study
Originally posted in the Guardian. Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s remaining wilderness in the last 25 years and there may be none left within a century if trends continue,… Read More
Sacred Natural Sites Should Be ‘No Go Zones’ for Developers
Originally published on Ecowatch. A first round of motions was passed Tuesday by the 1,300 government and civil society members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)… Read More
Peruvian farmer wins David-and-Goliath battle against US mining giant
Originally published in The Guardian. As owner of some of the largest and most lucrative gold mines in the world, Newmont Mining Corporation is used to getting its own way…. Read More
New Finnish Forestry Act cold mean the end of Sami Reindeer Herding
Originally published in Intercontinental Cry. An article by Hannibal Rhoades. An unprecedented land grab will threaten the last old growth forests of Finnish Lapland and the homeland of the indigenous… Read More
Podcast: How the myth of infinite growth and hyperconsumption are destroying Earth
In a new interview with Sputnik Radio Philippe Sibaud, Gaia trustee and author of our Short Circuit and Pandora’s Box reports, discusses how the global mania for electronic gadgets is destroying… Read More
Our Resistance, Our Hope: Unity statement from the International People’s Conference on Mining
At the recent International People’s Conference on Mining in Manila, Philippines, The Gaia Foundation and our Ghanaian partner CIKOD united with members of communities resisting mining, social movements, NGOs, academics,… Read More
African Biodiversity Network: Reflections on 20 years of work
The latest instalment of the African Biodiversity Network’s (ABN) excellent newsletter series celebrates and explores almost 20 years of ABN’s work to pioneer African solutions to the continent’s socio-economic and ecological… Read More
The Voice of The People: Ugandan Community Green Radio celebrates first anniversary
Today our Ugandan partners at NAPE-Uganda celebrate the first birthday of the Hoima Community Green Radio initiative that is now owned and run by local communities of the Albertine Graben region in… Read More
We raise our voices on the Global Day Against Mega Mining
Every year on July 22nd groups and communities unite to demonstrate on the Global Day Against Mega Mining. Showing our support and solidarity, Gaia joined and supported actions happening planet-wide… Read More
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