
The roots of a forest
In March 2014, more than 100 organizations from all over the world requested through an open letter that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, change its (Read More)
In March 2014, more than 100 organizations from all over the world requested through an open letter that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, change its (Read More)
When it comes to ‘tropical forests,’ most studies, campaigns and policies focus on those located along the equator: the Amazon rainforest, the Congo basin and the south or southeast Asian (Read More)
Mozambique used to be rich in forests. Nowadays, not only can it not be considered a rich country, but its forests are also at risk of disappearing unless urgent, concrete (Read More)
The Russian Federation, located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, is the world’s largest country in terms of area. Part of this area is dedicated as “Specially Protected Natural Territories” (Read More)
Meekly the water flows from lichens and stones like a flood of feelings from the soul of the earth… (Efraín Gutiérrez Zambrano) Páramos are life systems of the high Andean (Read More)
One can still come across unfragmented forests and wilderness landscapes in India, some of them comprising the type of structural and species diversity of the vegetation that is typical for (Read More)
The tropical and subtropical coasts of Latin America, in Mexico, Brazil and most Central American and Caribbean countries, have been subjected to waves of tourist development over the last forty (Read More)
The Mozambique Union of Farmers, UNAC, a member of La Via Campesina, stressed during the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) People’s Summit in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (14-16 August 2014), that ProSavana, (Read More)
The NO REDD in Africa! Network (NRAN) took part in the 2014 SADC People’s Summit in Bulawayo City, Zimbabwe. The summit’s final declaration brings strong demands to the Heads of (Read More)
Friends of the Earth Colombia, CENSAT Agua Viva, is making available to the public three promotional audios for the Conference on Páramos and High Mountains, aimed at reaching the residents (Read More)
Peasant organizations and members of La Via Campesina from Bangladesh, India and Nepal invite people to join an 18-day Caravan (10-28 November 2014) to deepen and extend networks of grassroots (Read More)
In Cajamarca, in the northern Peruvian Andes, where the headwaters of the rivers, the forests and páramos should be protected territories, the biggest mining company in South America, Yanacocha, is (Read More)
The rapid expansion of monocultures of transgenic soy in Paraguay – 95 per cent of which are covered by Monsanto patents – has left in its wake a trail of (Read More)
Women from all corners of the Southern African region descended on Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to participate in the People’s Summit. They aimed to share their experiences on how they have been (Read More)
According to Global Forest Watch, Chile’s forests are expanding. On the ground, however, a different scene plays out: monocultures have replaced diverse natural forests, and tree plantations now occupy 43 (Read More)
The documentary explains how generation after generation, communities in Africa have maintained and defended their Sacred Natural Sites as critical places within forests, mountains, rivers, and water springs, which (Read More)
By selecting the ‘Mekong River Basin’ from the left panel where it says 2River Basins in Focus’, detailed information will appear about the area. The Mekong River is the longest (Read More)