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New BioDB Global Tool Highlights Conservation Efforts Across 180 Countries: The Nature Conservation Index (NCI)

Findings Underscore the Need for Strategic Biodiversity Protection Worldwide   September 27, 2024. As global leaders focus on conserving biodiversity in the face of rapid development, the newly launched Nature Conservation Index (NCI) provides critical insights into the effectiveness of conservation…

Statement by the Community for Human Development on the International Day of Nonviolence

In 2007, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) established October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, as the International Day of Nonviolence. This year, we celebrate its seventeenth anniversary. The Community for Human Development, a social and cultural…

EcoWaste Coalition to 2025 Election Candidates: Green Your Campaign

Group Urges Aspirants not to be a “Garpol,” Cut Back on Campaign Garbage 29 September 2024, Quezon City. The waste and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition appealed to all aspiring individuals and party-list groups for the 2025 national and local…

Parents be warned: Spooky Toxic Lead and Cadmium Found in Some Halloween Products “Beware of Halloween items that may be scarier and spookier than they look.” This was the statement from toxic watchdog BAN Toxics as stores began displaying items…

Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) Joined the Global Call for an End to Fossil Fuels at the 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal

September 24, 2024 – The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) stands in solidarity with global environmental advocates as the 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal convened a session titled “The End of the Fossil Fuel Era” during Climate Week in New…

Sept 28: Cuban and Venezuelan Foreign Ministers to Speak at Gaza Fundraiser at Apollo Theater

This Saturday, September 28, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil will join a Gaza Solidarity Fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. This event will come shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the…

In Belgrade, Art Meets Faith: The Premiere of People of Christ. Our Time with Kusturica and Global Voices

On September 18 in Belgrade I received two invitations, one for a solemn evening at the Embassy of the largest country in the world, and the second, which I could not avoid attending: the press premiere of the film “People…

Statement from Philippine Misereor Partnership Incorporated on Human Rights Violations in Bugsuk, Palawan

  The Philippine Misereor Partnership Incorporated (PMPI) expresses its deep concern regarding human rights violations arising from a land-grabbing case faced by the Indigenous Molbog and Palaw’an communities in Bugsuk, Palawan. On 9-10 September 2024, seven representatives of the Molbog…

PH and TH NGOs Laud FDA Thailand for Banning 12 Mercury Cosmetics Being Sold to Filipino Consumers

18 September 2024, Quezon City, Philippines/ Bangkok, Thailand.  Environmental health organizations Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste Coalition) and Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand (EARTH) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand for its action to…

Serious Human Rights Violations Committed by Bulgarian Border Police Against International Volunteers

Between September 10 and 11, 2024, a group of international volunteers experienced severe violations of their rights at the hands of Bulgarian border police in the Malko Tarnovo region. The incident occurred after the volunteers rescued 10 individuals, including three…

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