'For Indigenous Mollopeople on Indonesia’s Timor Island, the forests, mountains, and water are not just their surroundings; they are as essential to their lives as food and air. These same forests and mountains are also rich in oil, gas, gold, and marble. But for those who call the island home, these natural resources are more a curse than a blessing. Rather than benefiting...
‘Scientists have mapped Brazil’s secondary forests and are now able to pinpoint the extent, age and location of regrowing vegetation…
For Cambodia’s largest swath of intact rainforest, the most important line of defense against the logging companies and vested political…
‘2020 is a year none of us will ever forget. A…
Recent European Union decisions related to the right to a healthy environment:
1. European Parliament resolution of 22 October 2020 …
‘Fisheries observers are human rights defenders on the world’s oceans. These individuals work independently onboard commercial fishing vessels around the…
The Elisabeth-Selbert-Initiative (ESI) is a new initiative, founded by the German Federal Foreign Office, in the protection of Human Rights…
‘Gladys Habu knows first-hand the devastation climate change is already visiting on the world. The 25-year-old has vivid memories of…
Conservation Letters
Abstract: Close to two thousand environmental human rights defenders have been killed in 57 countries since 2002, with…
Geneva Road Map for Environmental Human Rights Defenders The Geneva Roadmap in nutshell
a collective effort to bridge action for…
