The Belo Monte hydroelectric complex in Brazil was approved in 2005 even in the absence of the legally required environmental impact assessment and consultations with affected populations. Brazilian prosecutors have ruled the authorisation unconstitutional, multiples times. Yet after over a decade of legal attempts to block it, occupations, strikes and violence, Belo Monte is expected
Theresa May has been British Prime Minister for seven months, coming to power in the wake of the Brexit referendum and David Cameron‘s resignation. Her main task as leader is that of defining the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union in conformity with the desires of the 52 per cent of voters who chose to back Brexit.
Ocean warming, driven by increasing carbon emissions and rising temperatures, may become one of the biggest challenges facing humanity and threatening the Earth’s life systems, affecting even those living far from oceanic coasts. Already impacting people, fish stocks and crop yields, it may lead to more extreme weather events and increased risk from water-borne diseases including cholera. Fuelling
The Munduruku block the Tapajós dam, Brazil The hydroelectric São Luiz do Tapajós dam would have been one of Brazil’s largest. It was planned to alter the course of the Tapajós River, one of the Amazon River’s largest tributaries, inundating over 700 square kilometres, including of Munduruku land. But it won’t go ahead. Together with organisations such as Greenpeace and Survival International the
Il governo spagnolo ha annunciato di voler rinunciare al progetto di dragaggio del fiume Guadalquivir, salvando così l’area umida del Parco Nazionale Doñana.
In 2014 the small village of Tonsai was relocated to make space for a new mega-resort commissioned by the Sheraton. After relocating the village the hotel chain proceeded to build a concrete wall around their land. Tonsai is located on the coast of the Andaman Sea in the province of Krabi, in Thailand. A town that
La sopravvivenza della tribù brasiliana degli Yanomami è a rischio a causa dei minatori. Survival ha diffuso nuove immagini per attirare l’attenzione sul genocidio delle tribù incontattate.
Il documentario Before the flood evidenzia il ruolo della diffusione incontrollata delle coltivazioni di palma da olio nell’inquinamento emesso dall’Indonesia.
L’area protetta si trova nel Mare di Ross, nel Pacifico, e occuperà una superficie di 1,55 milioni di chilometri quadrati.
According to a new study, global wildlife populations are at risk and two thirds of all animal species may disappear in the next four years.
