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The Alliance for Land, Indigenous and Environmental Defenders (ALLIED) and the Universal Rights Group, with support from Freedom House and the Lifeline Fund for Embattled Civil Society Organisations, published two complementary reports presenting specific recommendations to donors and international civil society organisations on how to increase support for environmental defenders and...

HONDURAS’S economic growth strategy is founded on tourism, energy projects, mining and agri-business - all of which are potentially damaging to the environment. The government has awarded licenses to hundreds of controversial projects and critics say it is selling off the country’s rich natural resources to the highest bidder. Logging, mining and dam projects are often sited on the...

FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Climate activist Anabela Lemos is the recipient of the Per Anger Prize 2022. Photo: Edson ArturMozambican climate activist Anabela Lemos will be awarded this year's Per Anger Prize for her fight for the farmers forced to leave their homes to make way for gas and coal extraction. The candidate was nominated by We Effect and is the first environmental defender to ever...

Environmental human rights defenders face danger and sometimes even death for their tireless work protecting the environment. In 2020, the non-profit organization Global Witness documented an average of four killings of environmental human rights defenders every week making it the deadliest year recorded by them so far for these brave protectors of the planet. There are most likely...

Making SIDS a priority In his opening remarks, Mr. Torero Cullen said that this was why the agency has made “a concerted decision to prioritize activities for these countries and are working closely with SIDS networks and constituencies, to implement them”. He explained that FAO is supporting SIDS “to build back better and achieve better production, better nutrition, better...

Forty years ago, Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo, known as Pati, left the Mexican city of Querétaro with her family in search of a simple rural life. Instead, she ended up leading and inspiring a group of some 17,000 local environmental activists, devoted to protecting the remote and beautiful Sierra Gorda. In the early 1980s, Pati had a successful career in Querétaro, located about two hours...

Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report published on Thursday. “The Frontiers Report identifies and offers solutions to three environmental issues that merit attention and action from governments and the public at...

49th Session of the Human Rights Council - High Level Event on Environmental Human Rights Defenders Opening statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 1 March 2022 Minister Ernkrans, Minister Solano Quirós,Excellencies,Colleagues and friends, Thank you for joining us today. Every day, environmental human rights defenders face abuse, threats and harassment for...

Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report published on Thursday. Noise, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern, the sixth report, draws attention to emerging environmental concerns with the...

BERLIN, Feb 28 – Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.  “This...