La Declaración, elaborada durante la VI Conferencia Global sobre Agricultura Familiar celebrada en Bilbao en marzo de 2019, ha sido firmada por 96 organizaciones y plataformas de la sociedad civil, representantes de millones de agricultores y agricultoras familiares de todo el mundo.
Nosotras,…
Through collective action, environmental protection can be achieved. This is what the Kalinga indigenous people in the Philippines demonstrated to the world when they stopped the famous Chico River Dam Project from being constructed, and it is what inspired Joan Carling to make her lifelong mission…
La inclusión de las mujeres rurales comienza por sus propios hogares, donde tener más recursos y poder tomar decisiones les ayuda a alimentar mejor a sus familias en los países pobres, según expertos de la ONU.
“Si las mujeres tienen acceso a los recursos financieros, pueden marcar la…
The findings of the first-ever Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services are important in the light of the ongoing Supreme Court case against Forest Rights Act
Biodiversity is declining everywhere at an unprecedented rate, but this rate is lower in areas where indigenous…
Por Vijay Prashad*
É um hábito das elites refugiar-se num campo militar e pedir aos generais que se movimentem em prol de seus interesses. Foi o que Juan Guaidó, autoproclamado presidente da Venezuela, e o oposicionista Leopoldo López fizeram na manhã de terça-feira, último dia de abril. López…
The project may prove to be biggest effort so far to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
NEW YORK - A Dublin-based company plans to erect "mechanical trees" in the United States that will suck carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, it said on Monday, in what may prove to be biggest effort to…
Solicitação de candidaturas para participar nas sessões dos Órgãos do Tratado que ocorrerão entre julho e setembro em Genebra, 2019 estã agora abertas.
O Fundo para Populações Indígenas foi estabelecido em conformidade com a resolução 40/131 da Assembléia Geral de 13 de dezembro de 1985, com o…
Newly released data indicate the tropics lost around 120,000 square kilometers (around 46,300 square miles) of tree cover last year – or an area of forest the size of Nicaragua.
The data indicate 36,400 square kilometers of this loss – an area the size of Belgium – occurred in primary forest.…
Porto, 24 abr 2019 (Lusa) - A cátedra da UNESCO Vida na Terra, lançada hoje, visa preservar a biodiversidade e o património natural africano, prevendo a colaboração entre Portugal e seis países da África Austral, afirmou o presidente da Comissão Nacional da UNESCO.
"Estou certo de que esta Cátedra…
Systematic racism and the failure of governments to recognize and respect land rights are at the root of violence leading to the murder of Indigenous peoples around the world, said Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Tuesday.
“These murders are…
For Ashton Janvier, land and water are the portals to teaching and preserving the Denesuline language, which he says originates from the environment.
“In my culture, everything that we talk about and everything that we teach one another has to do with the land,” said Janvier, an educator and…
Earth’s cornucopia of life has evolved over 550 million years. Along the way, five mass extinction events have caused serious setbacks to life on our planet. The fifth, which was caused by a gargantuan meteorite impact along Mexico’s Yucatan coast, changed Earth’s climate, took out the dinosaurs …