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Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe in Brazil

A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the latest in a series of deaths among the tribe.

Toxins on our plate: India

There is a need for better regulation and monitoring to bring toxin-free food to the Indian market. “The recent scare due to the detection of formalin-laced fish across Goa, Kerala, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya points to a link between water quality and food safety. Fish traders find it

2017, the Deadliest Year for Land and Environmental Defenders as Agri-Business Most Linked to Killings

Global Witness reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2017– indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to protect their homes and communities from mining, agribusiness and other destructive industries. Global Witness annual figu

Busted: The many myths of why government contracts should not be published

GAVIN HAYMAN Government officials and contractors often tell you that less is more when it comes to knowing how your money is being spent. Like eating your greens and going for a run, this opacity in the trillion-dollar global marketplace of public contracting is good for you apparently. They’ll s

“Guardians of the Amazon” seize illegal loggers to protect uncontacted tribe

Members of an Amazon tribe patrolling their rainforest reserve to protect uncontacted relatives from illegal loggers have seized a notorious logging gang, burned their truck, and expelled them from the jungle. The Guardians of the Amazon are from the Guajajara tribe: “We patrol, we find the lo

Development workers behaving badly

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Is it really the much-awaited #MeToo or #TimesUp moment of the development industry? Now that the waves of reactions and counter-reactions have subsided, I ask if it is possible to rethink the infamous ‘Oxfam incident’. To put it briefly, the charity’s high-level profession

ENOUGH | The Empowered Women of Korogocho

Brent Foster Beatrice Nyariara lives in Korogocho. It’s widely considered to be Nairobi’s most dangerous slum. More than 150,000 people are packed into the shanty town which is less than two square kilometers. Crime is high. Gangs are active. Addiction is rampant. A while back, men in he

Illegal Sand Mining 2017: Indian Rivers Continue To Loose Mindless Mining Battle

Bhim Singh Rawat This article extensively captures the incidences and media stories on illegal sand mining from rivers in India during the year 2017. This article originally appeared at SANDRP and can be accessed here. It has been republished with permission.  Undoubtedly sand is essential part of

Liberian Loggers Secret Tax Breaks wipes US$ 13 Million off Country’s Finances

The Liberian government has secretly given the country’s loggers a US$13 million tax break, subsidising companies at the expense of the country and forest communities. International NGOs Global Witness and Tropenbos International say the move has undone 15 years of reform. Signed by Liberia’s Pr

Liquid Gold: Pain Doctors Soak Up Profits By Screening Urine For Drugs in US

Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas Kaiser Health News, with assistance from researchers at the Mayo Clinic, analyzed available billing data from Medicare and private insurance billing nationwide, and found that spending on urine screens and related genetic tests quadrupled from 2011 to 2014 to an esti

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