Human Rights
Chilean Anti-Dam Land Defender Murdered
by Anne Petermann | Dec 3, 2021
"Javiera Rojas remembered as ‘an emblematic activist who was dedicated to the process of resistance’" By Charis McGowan, The Guardian, 2 December 2021 Excerpts from the article: Environmental activists in Chile have called for justice after a 42-year-old land defender...
Marseille Manifesto: A people’s manifesto for the future of conservation
by Theresa Church | Oct 15, 2021
Marseille Manifesto: A people’s manifesto for the future of conservation REDD-Monitor 14 Oct 2021 by Chris Lang Participants at the “Our Land, Our Nature” conference in Marseille, the world’s first conference to decolonise conservation, have release the Marseille...
Brazil: Bolsonaro accused of crimes against humanity
by Theresa Church | Aug 16, 2021
Brazil: Bolsonaro accused of crimes against humanity CounterVortex 11 August 2021 The Articulation of Indigenous People of Brazil (APIB) filed a statement before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Aug. 9 requesting an investigation into genocide and crimes against...
Earth Watch: Francisca Stuardo On Land & Water Defenders In Chile & Honduras
by Theresa Church | Jul 16, 2021
Francisca Stuardo is a Santiago-based consultant for the international climate advocacy group Global Witness. She works on their land and environmental defenders campaign, which highlights threats against activists and pushes businesses, financiers and governments to...
¡Berta Caceres Presente!
by Anne Petermann | Jul 6, 2021
Note: More than five years after we first reported on the assassination of Berta Caceres, an ally in our work to defend the rights and lands of Indigenous Peoples in Central America, finally some justice has been won with the conviction of the man who masterminded her...
Earth Minute: Pride Month 2021
by Theresa Church | Jun 24, 2021
Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod · Earth Minute: Pride Month 2021 June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month, marked by the annviersary of the 1969 Stonewall riot led by Black and Latinx trans and gender non-confirming individuals against...
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