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Members of Oilwatch Africa network met in Lome, Togo, on 9 June 2015, to discuss the implications of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels on climate, food sovereignty, nutrition and well-being in Africa. The conference particularly examined the environmental and socio-economic impacts of oil, gas and coal extraction, as well as the impacts on food production, water pollution, deforestation and the growing trend of land grabbing on the continent.
A recent report from the GAIA Foundation and allies exposes how the world's food production and millions of small farmers and communities are under increasing threat from the rapid expansion of mining. The report looks at: “the real impact of mining - from prospecting and operations right through to closure - on agriculture, food production, soil fertility, fresh water systems, the air that we breathe, and our already challenged climate. Without healthy ecosystems there can be no healthy food.
By Friends of the Earth US, Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria.
Press Release, Geneva, JULY 6, 2015 United Nations Human Rights Council: Social Movements support a binding treaty that will create obligations for transnational corporations to respect human rights
Global Voices online, 12 June 2015.  Friends of Jopi Peranginangin, an Indonesian environmentalist who was stabbed and killed in a bar in south Jakarta, are asking the government to lead a quick and transparent murder investigation. They fear the murder is related to his activism. To monitor the case, his friends and supporters have launched a campaign called “Solidaritas4Jopi” (Solidarity for Jopi).
Only available in Spanish. Comunicado internacional.  Ante los hechos ocurridos  en el río La Pasión, en Sayaxché, Petén, Guatemala en donde se ha registrado la muerte masiva de peces y otras especies en su cauce (se habla de afectaciones de hasta 105 kilómetros de contaminación) expresamos:
Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference Denounced for Promoting GMO Trees
Press release.Redmanglar Internacional questions the fact that shrimp farms, fish culture ponds and salt mines are considered by the RAMSAR Convention as artificial wetlands. These industries must be classified in the listings of activities that generate negative impacts against wetlands and other associated ecosystems, as well as against the communities and people that inhabit them.
Climate justice advocates and community and movements’ representatives met in Maputo, Mozambique from 21-23 April 2015 to reflect on the roots, manifestations and impacts of climate change on Africa and on the responses needed in the face of the crises. The conference agreed, among others, to reject false solutions to the climate crisis, like REDD, industrial tree plantations, genetic engineering, agrofuels and geoengineering,
The new issue of the “World Rivers Review”, a magazine from the NGO International Rivers, includes reports about worldwide violations against indigenous peoples for defending rivers and rights; a reflection on the created challenges by framing dams as “solutions to climate change”; and asks what a healthy river means from different perspectives. Currently, no less than 3,700 hydropower projects are under construction or in the pipeline worldwide.
People may be exposed to excessive levels of agrotoxics at work and through food, soil, water or air. Through the pollution of groundwater, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water, agrotoxics can pollute drinking water supplies, fish and other vital sources to human welfare. The “Alert about the impacts of agro toxics on health” is a huge contribution to the fight against silence.