Extreme heat is endangering the lives and livelihoods of urban workers in Bangladesh, Climate Rights International (CRI) said in a new report published today (Tuesday). Inside garment factories and on construction sites and city […]
More than 2,100 land and environmental defenders have been murdered since 2012, according to a new report, ‘Missing voices’, published by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. At least 196 defenders were […]
A record 62 billion kilogrammes (62 million tonnes) of electronic waste was produced worldwide in 2022, which is equivalent to an annual average of 7.8 kg of e-waste per capita. This is […]
Vandana Shiva has been an environmental activist for five decades. At the 2023 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) she spoke about her lengthy fight for environmental justice and about ecofeminism, organic farming, challenging […]
Climate change was high on the agenda on the first day of presentations at the 2023 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) on the Indonesian island of Bali. In a session entitled […]
More than 1,900 land and environmental defenders have been murdered since 2012, according to a new report, ‘Standing Firm’, published by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. At least 177 defenders were […]
More than 1,700 land and environmental defenders have been killed over the past ten years, according to a new report, ‘Decade of Defiance’, published by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. Two […]
At least 227 land and environmental defenders were murdered in 2020, according to a new report, ‘Last Line of Defence’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. This is the highest […]
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, according to a major new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean […]
At least 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019, according to a new annual report, ‘Defending Tomorrow’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. About 40% of those killed […]
This article has been updated. There are reports that there will be a long-term delay in construction of the Batang Toru power plant. Conservationists say a 510-megawatt hydropower plant that is being […]
A new analysis of satellite data by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) indicates that 1.64 million hectares burned in fires that blazed this year across seven Indonesian provinces. A total […]
In 2018, mining was the deadliest industrial sector for environmental defenders, according to a new annual report,” Enemies of the State?”, by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The NGO reports that 43 people […]
The Swiss-based NGO the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF)¹ has called on the Ukrainian government to reject plans to build a mega ski resort on the Svydovets mountain range and develop a strategy […]
There are only about six hundred inhabitants on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, but researchers have found a massive amount of plastic debris washed up on the beaches. […]
One million animal and plant species now risk extinction as the health of ecosystems deteriorates at an unprecedented rate, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)¹ warns in a […]
Agribusiness is now linked to more killings of environmental defenders than any other industry, according to a new annual report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The number of environmental defenders killed […]
Palm oil is the most ubiquitous edible oil on the planet. It is found in products ranging from soap, cosmetics, and cleaning products to candles, chocolate, and ice cream, and it is […]
Update: The anti-protest charges brought against Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes, and Stephanie Luke were dismissed by a magistrate in Mudgee on June 5, 2018. See new article for details. In Australia’s Hunter […]
It’s International Orangutan Day today (Saturday) and events have been organised around the world to raise awareness about the plight of the now critically endangered primate, whose DNA is 97 percent the […]
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