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Is India changing its development paradigm?
“India cannot go through constructing another Sardar Sarovar Dam,” Indian Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said last week while discussing the Land Acquisition Bill with reporters in Delhi. Ramesh …
Academics and authors write to President Rafael Correa from Ecuador
Dear Mr. President: As concerned academics and authors from many countries, we are writing in support of Ecuador’s initiative to refrain from exploitation of the heavy crude oil of Yasuní-ITT. Along with thousands …
Historic call from Ecuador and numerous Nation States for the United Nations to implement binding regulations on Transnational Corporations
On Monday, the government of Ecuador – with the support of 8 nations and over 100 social and environmental organisations – made an historic call to the UN to implement …
September 21st: International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations
By Winnie Overbeek. In 2004, people from rural communities in Brazil declared September 21st a Day of Struggle against Tree Plantations. During this year’s Day of Struggle, communities and social movements …
Oil is getting Malawi in troubled waters
By Lusayo Banda – Citizens for Justice. When oil is found, democracy or environment become burdensome afterthoughts. This rule of thumb looks set to go up for Malawi. The recent shift …
EJOLT workshop on Ecologically Unequal Exchange and Ecological Debt
Invitation and call for papers from the Human Ecology Division, Lund University, Sweden for a workshop on 27-28 March 2014. The Human Ecology Division, Lund University, is pleased to invite EJOLT partners …
Jal Satyagraha in the Narmada Valley
By Daniela Del Bene. Satyagraha is the struggle for the Truth, a Gandhian way of fighting injustice with the power of the Truth. Jal means water and the two words indicate …
Protect the Planet, Keep oil companies out of Yasuni-ITT
Oilwatch International issued an open letter to the President of Ecuador. This follows on the dramatic turn of events on August 15. Dear Mr. President Rafael Correa We are shocked by the …
Madagascar: to eat or to be eaten
By Vahinala Douguet. With 92% of the population living below the poverty line (1), Madagascar is one of the world’s poorest countries. But is also rich in natural resources, biodiversity and …
A letter from Piedras, Tolima, Colombia: local referendum against Anglo Gold Ashanti
Dear communities resisting extractive projects, We are reaching you from Colombia, South America. We have been astonished by all you efforts and resistance in order to keep extractive corporations out of …
