Filipino priest on mission in Europe to halt fossil fuel financing
Frankfurt, Germany/Manila, The PhilippinesReuters A Filipino priest is touring top European banks to demand they curtail ties with companies behind new fossil fuel projects in a region of his home country that is rich in fish and coral. But he is leaving his meetings with bankers feeling frustrated. The priest, Edwin Gariguez, and the environmentalists […]
Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Alessandra Korap Munduruku, who headed a campaign that led mining corporations to respect her people’s Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. She is among six 2023 winners from different parts of the globe to win the prize for achievements and leadership of grassroots environmental activists awarded […]
Winners of ‘Green Nobel’ fight deforestation, coal power
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation As a teenage mother and activist, Liz Chicaje would travel by boat and foot across Peru’s Amazon rainforest with her young daughter campaigning to protect the ancestral lands of the Bora Indigenous people from illegal logging and mining. To preserve the forest that the Bora and other Indigenous people depend on […]
Amazon ancestral land not up for sale, says ‘Green Nobel’ winner
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation As a girl growing up in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo would listen to stories passed down from her ancestors about how the Waorani Indigenous people preserved their forests and defended their lands from settlers and oil companies. Those tales of survival and resistance later inspired Nenquimo to become a leader […]
Palm oil development leaves Liberians poorer, says winner of ‘Green Nobel’
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Palm oil plantations in Liberia are billed as bringing jobs and development but actually leave locals poorer, said a Liberian lawyer who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on Monday. The US-based Goldman Environmental Foundation gives the prize – often known as the Green Nobel – to six grassroots activists each […]