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December 29, 2019
During 2010 to 2014 part of Wilpattu, the Sri Lanka’s largest national park, was cleared for “humanitarian” purposes. A task force appointed by the president, decided to clear the forest in order to build a resettlement for war refugees of the...
December 24, 2019
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) have spent 2019 collaborating on a joint research project. The research gathered will contribute to a publication on the Indonesian forest and plantation fires, and the resulting transboundary...
December 23, 2019
Logging Road In East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. According to a new report, 85 percent of the population still live in rural areas and practise subsistence agriculture....
December 19, 2019
In the South Korean city of Cheonan, the Cheonan-Asan branch of Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) have joined local residents in the fight to preserve the Ilbong Mountain Park. The park is one of 4,421 city parks under threat of disappearing when the...
The British colonisation of Sri Lanka, which ended in 1948, aggressively sought to develop a plantation based economy by legalising the land grabs of the largely rural peasantry. This colonial plantation legacy is inextricably linked to the landlessness currently...
December 16, 2019
In December 2019, members of WALHI, Friends of the Earth (FoE) Japan, Centre for Environmental Justice and FoE Australia joined the FoE International delegation for the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. In regards to the negotiations, the good news...
December 15, 2019
In 2019. Pro Public hosted a series of ‘Community Dialogue’ sessions entitled “Strengthening Peace and Social Harmony”. Sessions included talks on child labour, violence against women, and the role of political parties in achieving long lasting...
November 29, 2019
Textiles, packaging and paper mill industries, have been caught withdrawing large amounts ground water without a license in Bangladesh. The ground water depletion has impacted 98% of the population’s drinking water. Around 30,000 residents from four villages in...
November 19, 2019
Indigenous peoples, living in remote places, inhabit but the fringes of public imagination. However their territories are rich in natural resources, making them an exciting and lucrative terrain for capital. Isolated and ignored, indigenous peoples and their land...
August 14, 2019
Over eight years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear crisis began. In 2017, evacuation orders were lifted from “evacuation order cancellation preparation zones” and “restricted residence zones.” The evacuation orders had applied to about 81,000...
July 5, 2019
At Korean funerals, guests are generally treated to a meal. However, nowadays guests are not served with ceramic plates, but a plethora of single-use plastic plates, bowls and cutlery. This means that in one year a single funeral hall can dispose of 1.4 million plates...
July 2, 2019
The Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR) have penned a joint letter to the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea asking the Government to cancel all Nautilus Minerals deep sea mining licences and to ban seabed mining in PNG. Dear Hon. Prime...
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