Suva, Jubi – Desakan masyarakat sipil di seluruh kawasan Kepulauan Pasifik agar ada larangan global atas aktivitas penambangan laut dalam telah diluncurkan. Aliansi itu, The Pacific Regional NGO Alliance, terdiri dari gereja-gereja dan kelompok masyarakat sipil, telah memulai kampanye mereka untuk memboikot penambangan laut dalam Kamis kemarin (25/3/2021) di Fiji. [...]
Jayapura, Jubi – Kepala Sub Bagian Tata Usaha Unit Pelaksana Teknis Museum Loka Budaya Universitas Cenderawasih, Soleman Soendemi mengatakan pemerintah daerah harus mempunyai program dan peraturan daerah tentang perlindungan benda dan situs budaya Papua. Hal itu dinyatakan Soendemi saat dihubungi di Jayapura, Senin (29/3/2021). Soendemi menyatakan kapasitas museum di Papua [...]
Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19. In London, the Houses of Parliament, London Eye ferris wheel, Shard skyscraper and neon signs of Piccadilly Circus [...]
25 March 2021, Santiago, Chile/Rome – Deforestation rates are significantly lower in Indigenous and Tribal territories where governments have formally recognized collective land rights, according to a new report launched today. Jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Fund for the Development [...]
Land rights for Indigenous and Tribal groups help lower deforestation rates, reduce biodiversity loss and avoid CO2 emissions, according to a new UN report. In Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia, securing land rights has allowed communities to avoid the equivalent annual emissions of taking between 9 and 12.6 million cars off [...]
The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’ forests, according to a UN report, with deforestation rates up to 50% lower in their territories than elsewhere. Protecting the vast forests is vital to tackling the climate crisis and plummeting populations of wildlife, [...]
Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Preserving Latin America’s forests is vital to fight the climate crisis and deforestation is lower in indigenous territories The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’ forests, according to a UN report, with deforestation rates up to 50% [...]
Oil companies knew 50 years ago the huge damage they were doing. Their motive to ignore it is the same now as it was then Fri 19 Mar 2021 16.12 GMT Capitalism is on a collision course with human life and the future of our planet. Each year, air pollution [...]
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Delfin Ganapin, WWF Governance Practice Leader, and Lin Li, WWF Global Policy and Advocacy Director, argue that securing the rights and recognising the roles and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are critical in creating a just, green, resilient future. Born of our destructive incursion upon nature, COVID-19 has shown us [...]