UNITED NATIONS DECLARES WATER A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT
After more than 15 years of debate on the issue, 122 countries voted in favor of a compromise Bolivian resolution enshrining the right, while 41 abstained.MERCURY POISONING, THE DARK SIDE OF COLOMBIA 'S GOLD BOOM
Colombia 's gold bonanza has a dark side: mercury poisoning spreading from miners to the population of a northwest state where they use mercury to extract the precious metalCOLOMBIAN FOREST PROJECT REAPS CREDITS... AND CRITICISM
The "Procuenca Initiative" in the Andes region of western Colombia may be the first in the world to sell certified forest carbon credits with a biodiversity protection component. But alarms are sounding about the potential negative social and environmentaU'WA REITERATE OPPOSITION TO ECOPETROL GAS DRILLING
International Investors Warned Against Heightened Risk of Oil Operations Within Indigenous Territories Without Consent
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Climate Justice Now!
The Climate Justice Now! campaign, which pledges to recapture the discourse on climate change and contribute to forging a truly pro-people and pro-environment approach to meeting the challenge of global warming.
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Campaign against agrofuels
Filling tanks, emptying territories
Demythologizing agrofuels.
Agrofuelds are no solution to the problem of climate change, with them no CO2 emissions are saved, on the contrary, due to the call for more production and consumption they will increment global warming. -
Water referendum
Water is a fundamental right, never a commodity
Today thirteen million colombians have thirst; millions of children are affected by the bad quality of the wter they are consuming, if it gets to them; hunderd of thousands have been disconnected from the water services because they do’n have the means to pay the high tarrifs; essential ecosystems that guarantee the natural flow of water are in danger. -
In defense of the páramo el Almorzadero
Water instead of mines
Currently, coal mining activities threaten the existence of the Páramo El Almorzadero, located in the eastern part of the department Santander, in the town of Cerrito; responding to the commercial logic that seeks to attribute property titles of natural patrimonium to individuals, existing social and cultural constructions are forgotten that throughout history have made this páramo a territory of great importance for the existence of communities in the province of García Rovira.
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Campaign in support of the U'wa people
Cultures with principles do not have a price
The U'wa, who live in the tropical forests of Colombia, are fighting for life or death to protect their traditional culture and their holy habitat against a petroleum project that is treathening to start in their territory at any given time -
Indebted with our Rights
National Campaign
The campaign "Indebted with our Rights" is an initiative of different social and non-governmental organizations worried about the problem of public debt and its regressive consequences for social rights.
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International mission to verify the impact of agrofuel production on 5 zones affected by palmoil and sugarcane monocrops in Colombia
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by: Global Forest Coalition, CENSAT Agua Viva, COECOCEIBA, EQUATIONS, Alter Vida, the Timberwatch Coalition
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