News & Press

27th January 2012 News

Gift A Tree to the Rainmakers!

We reached our target!! Thanks to your generous support we raised £5000 in 50 days to cover the cost of planting 2,500 indigenous trees in Venda’s sacred forests.  The custodians… Read More

24th January 2012 News

Gaia Amazonas is tops!

The Global Journal names our Colombian partner as one the Top 100 Best NGOS. Gaia Amazonas receives this well-deserved recognition for its long-term support to indigenous peoples rights and Amazon… Read More

1st January 2012 News

2011 – The Year in Review

Despite the ever increasing challenges facing both people and our planet, we stayed positive and focused in 2011 and overall, it was a great year for Gaia and our partners… Read More

15th December 2011 News

Silent Protest against CoAL

Yesterday in Central London, Gaia joined a silent protest which took place outside the General Meeting of Shareholders of Australian mining company, Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL). The protest was… Read More

13th December 2011 News

CoAL out of Africa!

Civil society groups demand global corporations reconsider investment in Coal of Africa mining project, South Africa. Today, civil society groups and community members from the Limpopo Province of South Africa… Read More

11th December 2011 News

Call for end to land grabbing

GRAIN receives the 2011 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, “for its worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing… Read More

5th December 2011 News

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) launches at COP17

Food Sovereignty essential as Climate Change solution for African farmers. PRESS RELEASE Monday 5 December 2011 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) African farmer and civil society groups in… Read More

22nd November 2011 News

Gathuru Mburu talks to BBC World Today

Gathuru Mburu on indigenous knowledge and African-led solutions to the challenges of climate change. As part of their coverage in the lead-up to the COP17 climate negotiations in Durban, BBC… Read More

20th October 2011 News

The GMO Emperor has no clothes! New Report

On Tuesday 18th October a new Global Citizens’ Report on the State of GMOs “The GMO Emperor has no Clothes”, was launched by our partner Vandana Shiva at a press conference in… Read More

13th October 2011 News

A NEW film narrated by actor Hugh Quarshie

A Story Worth Remembering documents an inspiring experiential workshop which Gaia and the African Biodiversity Network hold annually in Botswana. As this film shows so clearly, the process is a transformative… Read More

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