Six environmental activists have been awarded the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize on 18 April in Los Angeles, California. The official ceremony will be held in the capital, Washington D.C., on 20 April. The award has been established in 1990 and is the highest recognition that honours activists from all over the world dedicated to safeguarding
L’attivista messicano Gustavo Castro Soto, testimone del delitto, è stato fermato all’aeroporto mente cercava di tornare in Messico. E accusa la polizia di aver alterato la scena del crimine.
L’omicidio della militante ecologista, leader della mobilitazione di una comunità indigena che ha bloccato la costruzione di una diga, è probabilmente legato alle sue battaglie ambientali.
Máxima Acuña Chaupe has deep wrinkles, a small stature and an unshakable will. She lives at 4,200 metres in the Peruvian Andes and in the heart of Conga, a project aimed at expanding Latin America’s largest gold mine, Yanacocha, owned by the US company Newmont. Máxima has a dream: she wants to continue living
Deforestation in Indonesia. To begin with, it would be useful if you could give us some figures on deforestation in your country. What effects has the government’s moratorium of 2011 had on deforestation, and what effects is it currently having? The moratorium hasn’t had significant effects since it was introduced in 2011. The deforestation rate
