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Over 280 Ecuadorian and International Organizations Speak Out Against the Criminalization and Violence against Environmental Defenders Resisting Canadian Mining
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 3, 2025
Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar...
Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The court outlined a series of legal standards, including the recognition of a human right to a healthy climate, the obligation to prevent massive and irreversible environmental harm as well as the duty to protect the rights of current and future...
In Ecuador’s Rainforest, Women Gather to Defend the Amazon With Law—and Sisterhood
LatinAmerican Post
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July 3, 2025
Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but to build a transnational legal shield. Their message from Sarayaku was urgent and straightforward: only...
Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
Human Rights Watch
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June 27, 2025
(New York) – Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On...
Tradition in Tanzania: Reviving East Africa’s Ocean Heritage
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 16, 2025
While grassroots efforts thrive, a transformative movement is reshaping legal frameworks on a global scale. The concept of Ocean Rights advocates for recognising the legal rights of the ocean as a living entity, acknowledging its intrinsic value...
Ecuador’s Shift to a Narcotrafficking Hub Explained
Asume Tech
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June 26, 2025
As Ecuador grapples with increasing violence and instability, the recent escape of José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar from prison in early 2024 has sent shockwaves through the nation. Once considered a relatively peaceful nation in the region,...
EarthTalk: Oil & Gas Companies Thwarting Efforts By Climate Activists
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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In recent years, many climate activists have protested against oil and gas companies for their role in exacerbating climate change and more. Recent examples include the ubiquitous “Just Stop Oil” protests, which have shown up from the Louvre...
Venezuela and Haiti, the countries most vulnerable to climate change and with the fewest resources to adapt
El País
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July 2, 2025
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks second after Africa as the region of the world most vulnerable to climate change. This is true not only if factors such as its geographic location and topography are taken into account, but also if other...
The Hearts of Palm Revolution: How Ecuador's Food Giants Are Quietly Saving Rainforests
Green Matters
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July 1, 2025
The hearts of palm market is projected to hit $2.1 billion by 2033. Most people have never heard of hearts of palm. Even fewer know that this humble vegetable is quietly revolutionizing how we think about sustainable food production. But here's...
Delegation from Kyrgyzstan attends session of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
AKIpress News Agency
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Delegation from Kyrgyzstan attends session of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change AKIPRESS.COM - A delegation from Kyrgyzstan participated in the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (SB62),...
These Are the 7 Best Places to See Wildlife in the World
Tempo.co
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July 2, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Witnessing wildlife in its natural habitat is truly an incomparable, dreamlike experience for every nature enthusiast. Especially when you're visiting the best place to see wildlife, the sheer thrill of encountering untamed...
IDB to boost climate finance support by at least $11bn
Times LIVE
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aims to unlock at least $11bn (R193.57bn) in fresh climate finance through a series of initiatives to help countries cope with the impact of global warming that will attract private funds, its president...
La Unión Sur Launches Landscape Quality Assessment to Tackle Climate Change.
El Salvador in English
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July 1, 2025
Internationally backed project aims to build resilience and support sustainable livelihoods in El Salvador A comprehensive diagnosis to assess landscape quality and climate change impacts is underway in La Unión Sur, El Salvador, as part of the...
Exclusive-IDB to boost climate finance support by at least $11 billion
Yahoo Finance
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By Simon Jessop, Marc Jones and David Latona SEVILLE (Reuters) -The Inter-American Development Bank aims to unlock at least $11 billion in fresh climate finance through a series of initiatives to help countries cope with the impacts of global...
The Disconnect Between Climate Goals And Funds For Factory Farms
Forbes
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A pig farm next to the Toachi River in northeast Ecuador.Tex Montes de Oca It’s hard to overstate the importance of rivers like Peripa to residents of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador. “For us, losing a river means losing our life, losing...
UN chief says aid surge needed to face 'climate chaos, ragin...
Modern Ghana
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change. Dozens of world leaders...
Air Europa inaugurated its non-stop flights between Madrid and Quito at Mariscal Sucre Airport
Travel Daily News
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July 1, 2025
Air Europa will operate three weekly frequencies using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Passengers traveling from Quito to Madrid will save approximately two and a half hours on this non-stop journey. The Spanish airline Air Europa has launched its...
UN chief seeks aid surge to check ‘climate chaos’
Dawn
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June 30, 2025
SEVILLE: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the world to “rev up the engine of development” at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change. Dozens of world...
Weather Wrap: Thunderstorms, Light Showers, and a Summer Solstice Fun Fact or Two
The Graphic Leader
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column Tornado touching down over farmer's field. PHOTO CREDIT GREG JOHNSON for unsplash Photo by PHOTO CREDIT GREG JOHNSON for unsplash If you felt like June didn’t deliver much in the way of rain—you’re not wrong....
The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution and exclusion disproportionately affected...