News & Press

Civil society groups demand global corporations reconsider investment in Coal of Africa mining project, South Africa. Today, civil society groups and community members from the Limpopo Province of South Africa… Read More

GRAIN receives the 2011 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, “for its worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing… Read More

Food Sovereignty essential as Climate Change solution for African farmers. PRESS RELEASE Monday 5 December 2011 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) African farmer and civil society groups in… Read More

Gathuru Mburu on indigenous knowledge and African-led solutions to the challenges of climate change. As part of their coverage in the lead-up to the COP17 climate negotiations in Durban, BBC… Read More

On Tuesday 18th October a new Global Citizens’ Report on the State of GMOs “The GMO Emperor has no Clothes”, was launched by our partner Vandana Shiva at a press conference in… Read More

A Story Worth Remembering documents an inspiring experiential workshop which Gaia and the African Biodiversity Network hold annually in Botswana. As this film shows so clearly, the process is a transformative… Read More

In landmark ruling, NGOs intervene at South Africa’s Competition Tribunal to avoid takeover of South Africa’s seed industry. Biowatch was notified on Friday 20th August that it has been granted… Read More

Talking at the Gaia Foundation in May 2011, Dr. Vandana Shiva explores the increasing intensity of mining and the devastation that it causes in both the short and long term…. Read More

Dr.Melaku Worede, Gaia Associate, receives the Herman Warsh Memorial Award. For his outstanding service to the genetic resources community and in preserving the genetic wealth of Ethiopia, Dr. Melaku Woredehas been… Read More

Our three flagship films are now available on one DVD. We are delighted to announce that The Kamburu Story, Reviving our Culture Mapping Our Future and The Sheka Forest Story – three films from Gaia… Read More