Fish, turtles and local populations destroyed by the Belo Monte dam
La costruzione dell’immensa centrale idroelettrica di Belo Monte ha avuto un impatto terribile su pesci, morti a tonnellate, e tartarughe. E di conseguenza sui pescatori locali.
Let’s protect the world’s forests to end hunger and poverty, FAO says
Un rapporto della Fao mostra i casi virtuosi di alcuni paesi che sono riusciti a lottare contro la fame salvaguardando al contempo le foreste.
Greenpeace urges Siemens to join fight to save the Amazon’s Munduruku people
L’organizzazione ambientalista ha chiesto a Siemens di non partecipare al progetto di un’enorme diga idroelettrica nel cuore dell’Amazzonia brasiliana.
Gloria Capitan fought against coal. She was shot in the Philippines
Environmental activist Gloria Capitan opposed the construction of coal stockpile facilities. She was shot in a bar in the province of Bataan on 4 July.
140-year-old Buenos Aires zoo is closing and moving animals to sanctuaries
Dopo oltre 140 anni di attività la struttura verrà convertita in un rifugio per gli animali in difficoltà mentre gli altri verranno trasferiti in riserve naturali.
Peru, yet another oil spill is putting the Amazon at risk
Oil spills in the Amazon are nothing new. Another pipeline has broken in the Loreto region of Peru, threatening local communities’ health and the environment.
Juma the jaguar, the Olympic mascot, has been shot dead
Juma couldn’t bear being kept in a cage and being subjected to humiliations and deprivation, but this led her to face death. Juma was a female jaguar (Panthera onca), America’s largest feline threatened with extinction mainly because of deforestation, poaching and human-wildlife conflicts. Why Juma was killed Juma was used – chained up – in
Brazil, Guaraní tribe attacked by ranchers who want their land
Attacks on indigenous people by armed gunmen working for ranchers continue: a slow genocide, the result of the occupation of indigenous ancestral lands.
The Colombian peace talks. What is holding up the end to the world’s longest civil war
The Colombian peace talks The conflict in Colombia has seen the government, right-wing paramilitary groups and left-wing guerrilla groups such as the The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) fighting against each other. It is the longest running conflict in the western hemisphere, having started five decades
Hip hop and agriculture. Agroarte, to end violence in Colombia’s barrios
In Medellín, Colombia, Agroarte teaches young people to take back lands wrecked by decades of violence using agriculture and hip hop music.