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Alessandra Bergamin By sharing the knowledge and skills needed to exercise basic rights, legal empowerment advocates are helping disenfranchised people fight pollution, gain access to clean water and sanitation, protect land rights and more. In 2007, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Peru’s central

Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Videos / 01/03/2020

Watch: Behind The Troubling Rise Of Uninsured American Kids

Sarah Varney & Jason Kane More than a million fewer children receive public health insurance now than in December 2017. In some cases, their parents acquired coverage at work. But researchers also see a troubling rise in uninsured children — and say the Trump administration’s policies are

Business , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Water / 12/26/2019

Indian government looks to acquire land in Kashmir

India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams and wetlands – for investors from outside the region Following New Delhi’s decision to scrap the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019 and its subsequent conversio

Climate , Data & Reports , Economy , Education , Featured , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Migration , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 12/09/2019

To answer global protests, tackle new inequalities — UN report

The new UN report on Human Development is a stark warning on the growing new inequalities that can push countries and societies into an abyss. There is an urgent need to address the inequalities now. The demonstrations sweeping across the world today signal that, despite unprecedented progress again

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Resources / 12/08/2019

Two indigenous men killed by shots fired from moving vehicle in Brazil Amazons

On the afternoon of Saturday December 7th, an unidentified individual shot and killed two indigenous chiefs, Firmino Prexede Guajajara and Raimundo Guajajara and injured two others The two men were shot from a moving vehicle on Brazilian highway BR 226, which crosses the indigenous land of Canabrava

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 11/17/2019

Indian scraps “dangerous” forest law after outcry

The Indian government has scrapped a plan to militarize its forests and open them up for commercial exploitation, after a national and international outcry The government’s proposals were initially secret, and were drawn up with the involvement of the CEO of WWF-India, Ravi Singh.

Climate , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Sustainable Development / 11/09/2019

Climate refugees stripped of citizenship in Assam, India

Chandrani Sinha Of the many people struggling to prove their citizenship in the Indian state of Assam are thousands of climate refugees who have been displaced because their lands have been swept away by erosion or floods In Bhuragaon, a small village that lies 103 kilometres east of Guwahati, the c

Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Forests , Human Rights / 11/03/2019

Amazon Guardian killed, another shot, as loggers attack in Brazil

Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known also as Kwahu Tenetehar, was shot in the neck and died in the forest. His colleague, Tainaky Tenetehar, was shot in the back and arm but escaped. The Amazon Guardians have been patrolling their territory in the eastern Amazon, which has been heavily invaded b

Aid , Disasters , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/02/2019

South Sudan floods: 800,000 people at risk of disease and extreme hunger

Unusually heavy rainfall has hit 29 counties across the country, causing widespread displacement including in Akobo, Pibor and Lankien Houses have been destroyed and many areas are submerged and inaccessible. People have lost their crops and livestock and many schools and health clinics have been cl

Climate , Data & Reports , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/17/2019

Is climate change responsible for the conflicts we’re seeing around the world today?

John Vidal The relationship between a heating planet and violent clashes is complex — and critical “This is where I keep my weapon,” said Lolem, a young Karamojong cattle herder. Digging below the surface of the bone-dry ground in northern Uganda, he drew out an old AK-47 and some bullets, wra

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