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Gaia joins Coalition calling for EU to ban cyanide and toxic mining
Today The Gaia Foundation joins a coalition of European allies in support of the Bang! Ban Cyanide Campaign. Together we call upon the EU, and Environmental Commissioner candidate Karmenu Vela,… Read More
Yaigoje Apaporis indigenous organisation wins UNDP Equator Prize 2014
The UNDP Equator Initiative Prize honours indigenous and local authorities for their outstanding achievement in advancing sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. This year, we are delighted… Read More
UnderMining Agriculture – New Report from The Gaia Foundation
Under-Mining Agriculture: Global Food and Public Health Threatened by the Extractives Sector The world’s food production and millions of small farmers and communities are under increasing threat from the rapid expansion… Read More
NAPE supports community resistance to oil extraction in Uganda as new report’s messages spread
New Report, New Consciousness This July, in partnership with Gaia, the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) released a landmark reportchallenging the Ugandan Government’s plans to allow large-scale oil extraction in… Read More
Save the iMfolozi Wilderness Area in South Africa – Urgent Action Needed
Please sign the petition and say NO to the Fuleni Anthracite project! We are shocked and saddened to be sharing the news that the historic iMfolozi Wilderness Area in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi-Park(HiP) of… Read More
New Report – Mining and its Impacts on Water, Food Sovereignty and Sacred Natural Sites in Uganda
A New Report Calls for No Go Areas for Mining and Extractive Activities as Threats to Water, Food Sovereignty, and Sacred Natural Sites and Territories Increase Across Africa. A new… Read More
Benin’s Historic Sacred Forest Law Translated into English
GRABE-Benin and The Gaia Foundation are pleased to share a much awaited English translation of the 2012 Beninese law recognising sacred forests and their custodian communities. This significant precedent for the legal… Read More
Kayapo Chiefs Raoni and Megaron say ‘Yes to Life, No to Mining and Mega Dams’
On the 10th of June The Gaia Foundation was honoured to host Kayapo Chiefs Raoni Metuktire and Megaron Txucarramae as they passed through London on their European tour. The meeting brought together… Read More
10 Good News Stories from the Worldwide Movement Against the GM Industry
In recent weeks there has been a wave of good news stories from the movement to keep GM crops (and toxic pesticides) out of our fields, out of supply chains… Read More
Hungry for Land: Small Farmers Feed the World on Less than a Quarter of the Land
Extract taken from GRAIN’s website. Full article and pdf of the reports are available here. “It is commonly heard today that small farmers produce most of the world’s food. But how… Read More
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