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By Mary Gagen, Swansea University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. No UN climate conference has seen such a blizzard of promising climate statements in such a short space of … Continue reading →

« Today, the situation of the Yanomami people is very bad because of the relentless invasion by illegal gold miners. They have polluted our rivers and streams and the health of our community is threatened.  The great soul of the forest … Continue reading →

Environmentalists are demanding urgent action to halt an aquatic gold rush along one of the Amazon River’s largest tributaries, where hundreds of illegal goldmining dredges have converged in search of the precious metal. The vast flotilla – so large one … Continue reading →

Malick’s third blog in his Hidden Impacts of Climate Change – Water Wars. The Hidden Impacts of Climate Change 3: Water War — My STEMM Future

Trabajo consiste en un tejido polifónico que busca visibilizar las voces y los aportes de las mujeres en defensa del territorio, de la naturaleza y de la vida, evidenciando las condiciones de vida de sus comunidades en situación de extractivismo … Continue reading →

« I miei nonni pescavano in questo fiume per sfamare la comunità. Ora è pieno di contaminazione da fanghi, benzina, diesel e mercurio. I pesci stanno morendo e la nostra terra Yanomami sta morendo. Noi Yanomami stiamo soffrendo, non abbiamo pace. … Continue reading →

…Critics say the RSPO’s decision to certify Okomu illustrates everything that’s gone wrong with sustainability labeling for palm oil. “A lot of community lands have been taken over. And these lands were being utilized by farmers and fisherfolk, women and … Continue reading →

A SLC Agrícola e Radar S/A, que figuram como uma das maiores empresas do agronegócio no país, e o Fundo Patrimonial dos Professores Norte-americanos da Harvard Management Company (HMC) são um dos principais responsáveis pela crescente do desmatamento no cerrado … Continue reading →

« Mis abuelos pescaban en este río para alimentar a la comunidad. Ahora todo es contaminado por lodos, gasolina, diesel y mercurio. Los peces están muriendo y nuestra tierra Yanomami está muriendo. Los Yanomami estamos sufriendo, no tenemos paz. Los mineros … Continue reading →

Experiments on mice found palmitic acid, the main saturated fatty acid in palm oil, promotes mouth cancers and deadly skin melanomas. Palm oil used in chocolate spreads, cooking oil may fuel cancer spread — WGNO