Brazil scientists map forest regrowth keeping Amazon from collapse: Study
22.12.20
‘Scientists have mapped Brazil’s secondary forests and are now able to pinpoint the extent, age and location of regrowing vegetation…
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See all articles‘Perú: las mujeres que son la voz de Cuninico’
22.12.20
‘La situación en que quedó la comunidad kukama kukamiria de Cuninico en Loreto, tras el derrame de casi 3000 barriles…
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‘Peaceful protectors of Cambodia’s Prey Lang forest, threatened by loggers and local authorities, vow to fight on’
16.12.20
‘For Cambodia’s largest swath of intact rainforest, the most important line of defense against the logging companies and vested political…
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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet for Human Rights Day 10 December 2020
16.12.20
Human rights key to build the world we want ‘2020 is a year none of us will ever forget. A…
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European Union decisions on the right to a healthy environment
14.12.20
Recent European Union decisions related to the right to a healthy environment: 1. European Parliament resolution of 22 October 2020…
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‘Fisheries Observers are Human Rights Defenders on the World’s Oceans’
14.12.20
‘Fisheries observers are human rights defenders on the world’s oceans. These individuals work independently onboard commercial fishing vessels around the…
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Elisabeth-Selbert-Initiative (ESI) – a protection programme for Human Rights Defenders at risk
10.12.20
The Elisabeth-Selbert-Initiative (ESI) is a new initiative, founded by the German Federal Foreign Office, in the protection of Human Rights…
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‘How Youth Climate Activists Are Empowering Campaigners From Countries Suffering Most From Global Warming’
10.12.20
‘Gladys Habu knows first-hand the devastation climate change is already visiting on the world. The 25-year-old has vivid memories of…
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‘Understanding and responding to the environmental human rights defenders crisis: The case for conservation action’
07.12.20
Conservation Letters Abstract: Close to two thousand environmental human rights defenders have been killed in 57 countries since 2002, with…
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Geneva Roadmap
04.12.20
Geneva Road Map for Environmental Human Rights Defenders The Geneva Roadmap in nutshell a collective effort to bridge action for…
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The Defending Land and Environmental Defenders Coalition was formed to build a bridge between international, national and local work, and overcome gaps between siloed communities who may be failing to build on each other's work
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