The study reveals a significant decline in fish populations, pushing them towards unsustainable levels posing a severe threat to the rich biodiversity of marine life in The Gambia, encompassing over 500 species of fish. In a new report, Amnesty International highlights the devastating impact of overfishing on local communities in The Gambia. The report calls… Continue reading Overfishing in The Gambia Devastates Local Communities and Violates Human Rights
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The gecko smugglers of India’s northeast
Mubina Akhtar A massive demand from China is driving the capture and trafficking of geckos from India’s northeastern states, with some traffickers even setting up illegal breeding centres The lizard remained stationary, stuck in the glue. It was difficult to ascertain whether it was dead or alive. A team from the Assam State Zoo had… Continue reading The gecko smugglers of India’s northeast
Satellite imagery helps Ghana fight illegal mining
Gilbert Nakweya Authorities are using satellite data to root out the scourge on its forests and farmland Jane Gyampo, a resident of Sejimari village in Ghana’s Eastern Region, leased her six-acre plot of land to a mining company in 2013 for five years. She says she received a meagre $US 700 from the miners who… Continue reading Satellite imagery helps Ghana fight illegal mining
Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
Washington Bolivar, an indigenous activist in Peru has been receiving death threats as he challenges the destruction of Amazon rainforest for timber extraction and conversion to oil palm. According to a press release by Forest Peoples Programme, in the course of the last month, human rights defender, Mr Bolivar received the following threat in an handwritten form: Washington…we… Continue reading Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
La Rinconada – Chasing the Peruvian High
Nick Neumann and Walker Dawson | Breaking Borders La Rinconada is an illegal gold mining town in the Peruvian Andes, where environmental and social issues are expanding rapidly Over 60,000 people are working in these gold mines in in the highest inhabited place on earth. This documentary by Nick Neumann and Walker Dawson investigates how life is like for those… Continue reading La Rinconada – Chasing the Peruvian High
Broken Landscape: a film on the lives of people affected by “rat hole” coal mining, Meghalaya, India
The film Broken Landscape examines the lives of those on the front lines of water-energy-livelihoods choke point, complicated by illegal mining and corruption In India’s resource-rich, green, yet poor state of Meghalaya, unscientific or “rat hole”coal mining has been one of the dominant industries for the last few decades. This has transformed the environment and it became the livelihood… Continue reading Broken Landscape: a film on the lives of people affected by “rat hole” coal mining, Meghalaya, India
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