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One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Áine Donnellan 29 Jun 2023

Activists urge Australia to end lucrative links to Myanmar junta’s mines

Alex Shaw 22 Feb 2024

In Bangladesh, around 4.2 million people work in the garment industry.

Bangladesh ramps up use of recycled fabrics in ready-made garments

Abu Siddique 28 Jul 2023

Despite lawsuit, Casino Group still sells beef from Amazonian Indigenous territory

Fábio Bispo / InfoAmazonia 13 Jul 2023

Florinda Dominga Par is an active participant in the agroecological and artisanal market

Agroecology schools help communities restore degraded land in Guatemala

Aimee Gabay 7 Jul 2023

Serge in a greenhouse.

One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Áine Donnellan 29 Jun 2023

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Senegal herders demand return of grazing grounds controlled by U.S. firm

Elodie Toto 23 Mar 2023

Fashions to die for: The fur trade’s role in spreading zoonotic disease

Jenny Gonzales 15 Sep 2021

As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists

Charles Pekow 17 May 2021

Barro Blanco dam in limbo after Ngäbe-Bugle Congress rejects agreement

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 14 Oct 2016

Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016

Young boys labor outside a saw mill in the town of Njoro in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Photo by David Njagi

Youth, women, indigenous group pay the price of logging in Kenya

David Njagi 16 Sep 2016

Goejet Miranda crosses the part of the Tabasará River still flowing near his community of Kiad. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama begins “test-flooding” dam over indigenous protests

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Sep 2016

After game-changing Dakota Access decision, a look at Sioux strategy

Saul Elbein 14 Sep 2016

Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016

Controversial dams on 5 Chilean rivers scrapped after years of campaign

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Sep 2016

Oil pipeline sparks fierce opposition among American tribes and farmers

Saul Elbein 29 Aug 2016

Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

Etnias, a 620-foot long mural in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, representing indigenous people from five continents by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra. The mural was commissioned for the Olympics. Photo by Agência Brasil Fotografias.

Olympics to begin amid rising violence against Brazil’s indigenous people

Sandra Cuffe 4 Aug 2016

Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016

Levita holds a layer of dried crude oil from her farmland along the Marañon River. Photo by Brett Monroe Garner.

Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills

Kevin Floerke and Rebecca Wolff 25 Jul 2016

Hard labor in India’s fisheries: an interview with researcher Divya Karnad

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

New ways to fight human-rights abuses in the global seafood industry

Ret Talbot 14 Apr 2016

India’s “environmentalism of convenience” threatens forest-dwellers’ rights

Arpitha Kodiveri 14 Apr 2016

Scientists build app to automatically identify species based on their calls

Rhett A. Butler 16 Jul 2013

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