El Salvador made history last week by becoming the first country ever to ban metal mining. The success of this decades long struggle is proof that people can take on corporate interests and win. This is…
11th of APRIL : BNP’s TRIAL Tomorrow, Florent Compain, President of Friends of the Earth France, will be judged in Bar-le-Duc (France), because of his participation to a non-violent action of “chairs requisition” (requisition of chairs in banks implied…
Amidst the deepening political crisis in which South Africa is mired, another slow-burning crisis is playing out in our food and farming systems as three mega mergers are being sewn up. According to a report…
On March 29, 2017, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passed a historic law through which it bans, with a retroactive effect, the extraction of precious metals in its territory. The decision is the result of two decades of…
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Weeks before the Universal Periodic Review, a delegation from Ecuador comes to Europe to give an account of the human right to adequate food and nutrition of peasant and indigenous communities in the country. In May, the Ecuadorian…
Coca-Cola Will Use Gov’t Partnership to Promote Unhealthy Products For Immediate Release March 29, 2017 New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) – the country’s premier government organization responsible for protecting and promoting…
This morning, March 29, at 11 AM (1 PM ET), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador will schedule a vote to approve a proposed Law to Ban Metal Mining. If politicians from all parties keep their promise, tomorrow…
Download: MP3 (6.5 Mb) In light of the approval by the European Commission of the $130 billion mega-merger between agribusiness corporations Dow Chemical and Du Pont, and anticipating similar authorizations for other agribusiness giants, organizations warn that a…
Supporters of the Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power, Transnational Corporations (TNC’s) dominate South Africa’s seed and agrochemical sector. Corporate information such as market shares are kept totally secret. Two of…
Two of those accused of the death of Nilce de Souza Magalhães, fisher and affected by the Jirau hydroelectric plant, will be judged by the Jury Court in Porto Velho, in the state of Ronônia. This week, on…
Below you’ll find the Letter of the II International Seminar, Food, Water and Energy are not commodities!, pointing to main aspects reflected in the Seminar and collective commitments. This letter was discussed on the last day of the International Seminar…