Last week, Latin American and Caribbean countries approved an action plan for the protection of environmental human rights defenders. This approval was a key result of the third Conference of the Parties (COP 3) of the Escazú Agreement that took place from 22 through 24 of April in Santiago, Chile. The Escazú Agreement is an important step forward, yet it falls short in adequately addressing gen... More information
Last week, after months of negotiations, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was approved by the European Parliament. This approval came two years after the European Commission proposed the directive. This directive is an important step towards reducing companies’ negative impacts on employees, citizens and the environment. Header photo: A woman fishing at a lake nea... More information
The life of a Peruvian Indigenous leader was taken last week. Victorio Dariquebe Gerewa, a park ranger in the Amarakaeri reserve and the leader of the Indigenous Queros community in Madre de Dios, was trying to protect his community’s territory. Illegal miners are expected to be behind his brutal death{{{La Republica. (2024). Mineros ilegales detrás del asesinato de Victorio Dariquebe. Link... More information
Due to the challenging sociopolitical context, women and Indigenous people in Amazon region often have less possibilities to exercise their rights. The Escazú Agreement is a regional treaty on access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean. An important step forward, yet it falls short in adequately addressing structural gender... More information
...a is the largest producer of the mineral, as well as the country with the largest nickel reserves. In Sulawesi, mining for nickel is already leading to large-scale deforestation [1]https://www.ft.com/content/cd1fd7f3-b3ea-4603-8024-db75ec6e1843 ; … Continue reading and would co... Index[+] Index… More information
The Alliance for the Tompotika Conservation has secured important habitat of the maleo on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi through an urgent land purchase. With support from the Land Acquisition Fund, the local NGO purchased an area of 24 hectares that would otherwise have been bought by a mining company. In Indonesia, mining is a growing threat to wildlife. Header photo: Beach protected by AlTo... More information
The earth is warming up. As things stand, by 2050 the earth will be between 2.5 and 4 degrees warmer than in pre-industrial times (IPCC, 2021). This means, among other things, more extreme heat, extreme drought, flooding and rising sea levels. People who contribute the least to climate change are often the hardest hit by its effects. Global warming also has a major impact on species and their… More information
In Madre de Dios, covering over 3.8 million hectares of the Peruvian Amazon, environmental and human rights defenders protect their territories against the backdrop of illegal mining. The region hosts one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. It is threatened, however, by illegal extractive activities that not only compromise the forest’s ecological integrity, but also the safety and h... More information
Sian Owen is the Executive Director of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) and an expert on the dangers of deep-sea mining, with more than 20 years of experience in the field of ocean conservation. De DSCC is one of the partners in our project Bottom Line! focusing on a just energy transition. Stop Ecocide NL is also a partner in this project. They interviewed Owen about her… More information
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