Friends of the Earth International, October 2011: Friends of the Earth International promotes the respect and
enforcement of community rights as a means to resist corporate
power and create social change. Our member groups around the
world are working closely with local communities, demanding a
just transition towards sustainable rural and urban societies, in
contrast to the current profit-driven, neoliberal paradigm. This report focuses on campaigns that have the defence
and enforcement of community rights at the heart of their
struggles.

In the mountains of northern Papua New Guinea, Conservation International is collaborating with the Woodland Park Zoo and James Cook University on the YUS Conservation Program, which engages local communities in the long-term study and management of the 76,000-hectare (180,000-acre) YUS Conservation Area.

A woman farms in Tanzania. (© Benjamin Drummond)
Before joining Conservation International, I spent 10 years at a nonprofit working to alleviate poverty and hunger around the world.

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This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to three remarkable women who have dedicated their lives to promoting peace and gender equality in their home countries.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!”Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)  Kenyan Environmentalist and Nobel Laureate  Wangari Maathai. Courtesy of the Green Belt MovementWangari Maathai is best known for founding the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in 1977. The initiative empowered ruraRead More...