The OECD is pursuing a complaint that WWF has funded abuses against the indigenous forest-dwelling Baka or 'Pygmy' peoples of Cameroon, after determining that its human rights guidelines do apply to WWF owing to the 'commercial nature' of its conservation activities.
OECD takes up complaint that WWF has funded abuses of Cameroon's forest peoples Chris Lang Conservation Watch | 12th January 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Forests Conservation Cameroon Africa …
Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global security agenda
… environment Nicola Graydon | 1st March 2005 Activism Cleaner Air Cleaner Water Cleaner … Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the … a good girl. But once I started I realised activism was a necessity. As we moved further …
The UK Government is to examine the activities of London-based oil company Soco over alleged violations of environmental protections and human rights abuses in Africa's first National Park, home to 200 Mountain gorillas.
Virunga - UK Government to investigate oil company The Ecologist | 17th February 2014 News Africa Congo Natural World Oil Fossil Fuels UK virunga-gorillas.png The UK Government is to examine the …
Chinese citizens are responsible for much of the wildlife crime taking place in Namibia, inflicting immense damage to the country's environment, and undermining community based conservation, writes the Namibian Chamber of Environment in this Open Letter to China's Ambassador Xin Shunkang. China must act to stop its citizens' criminal activities, and invest in making good the damage caused.
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Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin Todhunter. Masked under the soubriquets of 'investment', 'growth' and 'free trade', a handful of vast global corporations are systematically plundering the continent's mineral wealth and leaving desolation in their wake, backed to the hilt by that ever-faithful servant of capital - the UK government.
The corporate scramble for Africa's minerals: Britain's new colonialism Colin Todhunter | 14th July 2016 News Africa Mining Corporations War Economics Western Sahara Morocco bou-craa-cut.jpg Africa …
Survival International argues that the activities of WWF in the Congo Basin have been shown to be doing tremendous damage to rainforest tribes like the Baka, without effectively protecting the environment. But efforts to hold them to account have been frustrated, the director of Survival, STEPHEN CORRY, argues.
Survival International claims OECD failed to recognise WWF 'conservation abuse' Stephen Corry | 23rd November 2017 Comment Conservation Africa Survival WWF Indigenous Human Rights Violations …
From child-soldier to Netflix star, the Congolese park ranger has won his award for stopping oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. He talks to SOPHIE MORLIN-YRON
… Morlin-Yron | 3rd May 2017 Comment Mining Activism Goldman Prize Africa …
As ever more companies and governments pledge to 'go green' and protect forests, the world's tribal peoples should be among the main beneficiaries, writes Amy Dickens. Yet the reverse is the case. All too often the promises are purest greenwash, used to conceal the human and environmental tragedy of land-grabbing for plantations, mines, logging and even 'conservation'.
… greenwash Amy Dickens | 23rd September 2015 Activism Indigenous Peoples Africa Cameroon …
Once derided as backwards, the southern African San tribe’s love of nature is now bringing them real rewards, as well as offering an insight into how humans can survive with little or no water. Ruth Styles travelled to meet them in Namibia
San vs wild: what the San people can teach us about living with climate change Ruth Styles | 23rd May 2012 Ethical Living Tribe Climate Change Namibia Wildlife Africa Travel Safari Green Living …
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes Stephen Greenberg, with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to Africa's governments - now meeting in Addis Ababa - as they drive forward corporation-friendly seed regulations that exclude and marginalize the small farmers whose seeds and labour feed the continent.
Grabbing Africa's seeds: USAID, EU and Gates Foundation back agribusiness seed takeover Stephen Greenberg Oliver Tickell | 23rd March 2015 News Africa Farming Seeds Corporations USA EU maria banda …
The 'New Alliance', backed by £600m of UK aid, is meant to improve food security, reduce malnutrition and lift people out of poverty, writes Aisha Dodwell. But it's all a huge con - delivering corporate welfare, attacking small farmers, enabling land grabs - and leaving a trail of poverty and human devastation. It draws praise from only a single review of its activities: its own.
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The killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the Lion has put a welcome spotlight on the alarming decline of Africa's lions, write Lochran Traill & Norman Owen-Smith. But to save the species, we should not obsess about trophy hunting, but tackle much more serious problems - like snaring and habitat fragmentation.
Africa has half as many lions as 20 years ago - but don't blame trophy hunting Lochran Traill Norman Owen-Smith | 2nd August 2015 Comment Predators Conservation Africa Natiural World 2nd Ausgust 2015 …
Six environment heroes, one from each continent, are honoured for their work today - fighting threats from giant coal mines to forest destruction, fracking, high dams, illegal development and toxic waste dumps. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
… The world's biggest prize for environmental activism Currently celebrating its 25th … largest award for grassroots environmental activism. "For the past 25 years, the Goldman …
As China pursues a startling array of energy, mining, logging, agricultural, transport and other infrastructure projects on virtually every continent, it is having an unprecedented impact on the planet, writes William Laurance. It's not that China is any worse than historic colonial powers - the difference is in the sheer scale and pace of environmental destruction, and the total lack of oversight under which Chinese mega-corporations operate.
The dark legacy of China's drive for global resources William Laurance | 11th April 2017 News China Africa Development Mining Transport Biodiversity Forests china-road-africa-cut.jpg As China pursues …
The Democratic Republic of Congo is to consult UNESCO, writes Melanie Gouby, over its wish to 'explore judiciously' for oil in Africa's first and most biodiverse National Park and World Heritage Site.
DRC Congo wants to develop Virunga's oil Melanie Gouby the Guardian Environment | 17th March 2015 News Oil Africa DRC Corporations Un hippos-virunga-cut.jpg The Democratic Republic of Congo is to …
The discovery of oil in Uganda was a blessing to the impoverished East African country. But before the oil has even started pumping, disputes over tax, accusations of corruption and fears for the environment plague the sector. Alice Klein reports from Hoima
Oil deal 'threatens Ugandan biodiversity' Alice Klein | 9th March 2012 News Oil Energy Investigations Pollution Africa ak_uganda_pic5.jpg The discovery of oil in Uganda was a blessing to the …
Following the shooting of Virunga's chief warden last week, WWF is calling on UK oil company Soco International PLC to pull out of the Park and respond to allegations made in a new documentary premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
WWF: UK oil company must quit Virunga Park The Ecologist | 23rd April 2014 News Natural World Africa Congo DRC Oil Fossil Fuels UK brent_emmanuel_low.jpg Virunga National Park’s Chief Warden, …
Roads, mines, dams, power lines, pipelines and other infrastructure projects are fast eating into the world's 'core forests', writes Bill Laurance. These rare and precious places where wildlife and ecological processes can flourish undisturbed must come before the evanescent gains of 'development'. To save what's left, governments and funders must learn the word 'No!'
Saying 'No!' A last chance for the world's forests Bill Laurance James Cook University | 5th February 2016 News Forests Development Transport Conservation Africa Brazil Malaysia amazon-dam-cut.jpg …
Ian Redmond, 'ape man', talked to Sarah Stirk about his joy in the natural world, and especially his passion for Mountain gorillas - the only ape (other than humans) whose population is rising.
Joy for the natural world Sarah Stirk | 18th February 2014 Comment Natural World Africa Rwanda ian-redmond.png Ian Redmond, 'ape man', talked to Sarah Stirk about his joy in the natural world, and …
The evidence suggests that ethical, economic and ecological problems with trophy hunting warrant a trophy import ban.
UK must ban trophy hunting imports Ross Harvey | 27th January 2020 News Thought Leaders Trophy Hunting Hunting Imports Animal Rights Animal Welfare Africa cecil-the-lion-cut.jpg The evidence suggests …
Sharing and saving seed is a crucial part of traditional farming all over Africa, writes Heidi Chow. Maybe that's why governments, backed by multinational seed companies, are imposing oppressive seed laws that attack the continent's main food producers and open the way to industrial agribusiness. But Ghana's women farmers are having none of it.
… Africa's seeds Heidi Chow | 22nd May 2015 Activism Farming Africa Seeds Ghana GMOs …