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Sacred Lands and Wilderness

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

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

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

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

2013 was another exciting year for Gaia and our partners. In particular, we built the momentum of two key areas of work – exposing the true story of seed and… Read More

Gaia was joined by international groups and indigenous leaders at WILD10, the 10th World Wilderness Congress (WWC), in calling for wilderness and conservation areas to be respected as No Go… Read More

Colombia now has the largest protected area in the Amazon, with the expansion of Chiribiquete National Park. Chiribiquete, declared a National Park in 1989, officially increased in size from 1,298 ,954… Read More

Weaving photos and narrative, Gleb Raygorodetsky introduces us to the sacred landscape of the Ukok Plateau, its changing climate, and the quest of local kam (shaman) Maria Amanchina for the return of… Read More

A report – “Recognising Sacred Natural Sites and Territories in Kenya“- released in 2012 by the African Biodiversity Network, the Institute of Culture & Ecology and The Gaia Foundation makes recommendations for securing… Read More

Mining halted in the Amazon: The Ministry of Environment temporarily blocks the Strategic Mining Areas Project promoted by President Santos Article translated from Gaia Amazonas. See here for original article: Freno… Read More