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  • Aurelie Skrobik / May 30, 2022

    How Europe can stop funding land grabs in Brazil

    The expansion of ranching and plantations is at the heart of land conflicts in the Amazon

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  • Maxine Sackey / May 12, 2022

    Alarm bells of authoritarianism sounding in the UK

    The UK government’s proposed ‘Policing Bill’ erodes human rights and stifles the critical action needed to tackle the climate crisis

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  • Laura Furones & Francisca Stuardo / March 24, 2022

    As democracy continues to deteriorate in Nicaragua, Indigenous peoples pay the price

    Indigenous communities in Nicaragua have faced historical struggles to protect their ancestral territory from external invasion. The lack of state action and the political and human rights crisis that erupted in 2018 has aggravated their situation

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  • Luiza Paiva / March 11, 2022

    How we can use film to create social change

    Films have the power to create social change and inspire action to protect the planet. We look at some case studies of films that are aiming to have a positive impact on the world

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  • Rachel Taylor / March 8, 2022

    On International Women’s Day let’s stand with activists leading the charge against climate change

    We share stories of courageous women leading the fight to stop the climate crisis

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  • Claudelice Silva dos Santos / Feb. 9, 2022

    'My country doesn’t need any more deforestation’

    Claudelice Silva dos Santos, a Brazilian human rights and environmental activist, gives her first-hand experience of defending the Amazon

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  • Dec. 10, 2021

    The struggle for access to clean water in Honduras remains fraught with danger

    The experience of the Guapinol community shows that access to clean water is still a major battle in which national authorities, far from protecting the rights of their citizens to this most basic of human needs, are frequently the opponent

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  • Ana Zarraga / Nov. 29, 2021

    "The Earth is speaking: she tells us we have no more time"

    A discussion with Txai Suruí, the only Indigenous woman to speak at the opening ceremony of COP26

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  • Teng Kao / Oct. 25, 2021

    Our land was stolen by a foreign company. We won’t give up the fight.

    Cambodian defender Teng Kao tells of his community’s efforts to get their land back, and the high price they paid for a state-led ‘development’ scheme which prioritised corporate profits over their rights

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  • Sept. 22, 2021

    Introducing: The Defenders of the Earth

    Listen to the stories of defenders in their own words in our new podcast series, presented by youth climate activist Vanessa Nakate

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