Ecology and Environment
Panama: Feminist economics school led by indigenous women
In Panama, indigenous women from the Emberá-Wounaan community completed a few days ago the School of Feminist Economics and Politics and Economic Alternatives. The women of this territory sustained this collective effort with a commitment to the defence of life…
EcoWaste Coalition Ramps Up “Iwas Paputoxic” Campaign vs. Firecrackers and Fireworks as New Year Revelry Nears
14 December 2022, Quezon City. Holding mock oversized firecrackers plastered with “danger” tape, enthusiastic students of Bagong Silang Elementary School (BSES) in Caloocan City vowed to safely celebrate the upcoming New Year to prevent injuries, as well as pollution. In…
The recognition of the sovereignty of indigenous people could save the biodiversity and ecosystems
Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) and frontline Indigenous activists discuss today the important work of land and water defenders within Canada and beyond who are protecting biodiversity. The panelists were calling out false solutions and the lack of political will within…
COP15 Women key roles in conservation need to be recognizes
Tuesday, representatives from different organizations shared their insights on gender equality in biodiversity policy at the COP15 in Montreal. According to Archana Soreng (India) member of the United Nations Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, environmental policies that…
COP15: rich countries under pressure to accept a new biodiversity fund
Pressure is mounting on rich countries, called upon to finance efforts to protect the biodiversity of developing countries with a fund to implement the “peace with nature pact” being negotiated in Montreal. Developed countries, including Canada, oppose it. Mobilization of…
COP15 communities and indigenous peoples must be at the center of discussions and negotiations and not “big money”
After a week of mostly glacial deliberations, are COP15 negotiators any closer to reaching agreement on a global plan to reverse biodiversity loss? According to World Wide Fund (WWW) officials, what happened in week one is not ambitious enough to…
COP15 countries must agree on real enforcement mechanisms and reviews otherwise the global pact to save nature is doomed
The global pact to save nature, under negotiation at COP15, will be condemned to failure, whatever its ambitions, if the countries do not agree on real mechanisms for applying and reviewing the commitments, have denounced several environmental activists on Saturday.…
Toxics-free and wastes-free Philippines for International Human Rights Day
Environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics urged the government to implement better action plans and solutions for a toxics-free and waste-free Philippines. The group made the call in time for the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. “A safe and healthy…
COP15 – March for Biodiversity and Human Rights in Montreal
The COP15 Collective, the CBD Alliance and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, along with Greenpeace Canada, marched with more than 3,500 people despite the freezing cold today in Montreal. While COP15 is the most important global meeting on biodiversity for…
Corporate capture and 1 million species at risk of extinction globally COP15 – Friends of the Earth
Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction and many of them within decades according to scientists and researchers. On December 5th, Friends of the Earth International released…
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