Photos and texts by Carlo Manalansan “There are a number of so-called development programs and projects but they have never uplifted the lives of the people especially fisherfolk communities,” — Roque Cris Chavez, Secretary-general, PAMANGGAS This article is also available in Hiligaynon. Fisherfolk spend their daily grind in the middle…

By Ryan Schlief The People’s Climate March on 21 September 2014 demands world leaders to end climate change. @melted_away presented a 3,000 pound ice sculpture in New York City and invited artists and activists to be writers in residence during the March. — — — — — — It’s the…

By John Mwebe — Michael had a generally favorable opinion about the plans to build an oil refinery near his home, even though it meant he and his neighbors would have to give up their houses and lands. …

By Julia Matiello Cassini and Alexandre Andrade Sampaio — “Together, as 265 families, we want to send a strong, effective and radical demand to companies, foreign banks and all those who want to listen to say “Stop!” — Stop the financing and destruction of our coast. Our coast is being destroyed, millimeter by millimeter, and we are left without…

Update, November 3, 2019: In the early morning of Sunday 3 November, more than 100 people of Lorropil village, Nakuru County, Kenya were forcibly evicted and had their homes burned down reportedly by armed police officers. The residents have received ongoing threats of forced eviction, most recently on 28 October…

Communities allege failure to uphold free, prior and informed consent and inadequate compensation for loss of lands and livelihoods — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2020 TANAHU DISTRICT, NEPAL — Indigenous communities affected by the Tanahu Hydropower Project in Nepal have filed complaints with the independent accountability mechanisms of the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank — two co-financiers of the project — requesting an independent mediation process. At least 32…

By Elias Jika and Jocelyn Medallo Founded in 1964, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) provides financing to African governments and private companies investing in the bank’s regional member countries. …

By Elias Jika “Before the coming in of the project plans, floods eroded the bridge in our village. The government brought equipment to reconstruct the bridge, but the dam project has stopped the bridge’s reconstruction.” …

Elias Jika — I first learned of the Salima Solar Project in September 2018, when local media reported that the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), the state-owned power utility company, had signed MOUs with two private companies. …

By John Mwebe In April 2021, my attention was drawn to an article highlighting the resumption of operations by the Akiira Geothermal Company Limited in Rapland and Kedong areas in Naivasha, Kenya. This public acknowledgement was of interest to me because in 2018, the Akiira Geothermal Company Limited was not…

by Anggita Indari Baca artikel ini dalam Bahasa Inggris. Terletak 30 menit hingga satu jam perjalanan laut dari Ambon, Ibukota Provinsi Maluku, Indonesia, Pulau Haruku bisa dibilang jauh dari hiruk-pikuk perkotaan. Tidak ada gedung mentereng dan lautan manusia memenuhi pusat perbelanjaan. Di pulau ini, siapapun dapat dengan mudah menjumpai masyarakat…

by Anggita Indari *This article is also available in Bahasa Indonesia. It takes a 30-minute boat ride from Ambon, the capital of Maluku Province, Indonesia, to reach Haruku Island. Upon arriving at the dock of Haruku, local people can easily be discovered selling sea catches and vegetables or fruits at…

By Vaishnavi Varadarajan Biba Devi Thapa Magar, an 83-year-old elder woman from the Magar Indigenous community at Rishing Paltyang in Tanahu district, shares how the land her community has lived on is sacred. Her ancestors were cremated here. Worrying about the future where she and her family may be displaced…

By Carlo Manalansan “In the next few days, I plan to take actions by spreading awareness to the youth and the community in Sta. Ana.” — Charelyn Monterde, Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City Civil society and communities in Cebu, Philippines were dismayed by the impending entry of a Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project…

Organizaciones publican manifiesto por la autodeterminación Por Alexandre Andrade Sampaio La minería y utilización del litio están siendo impulsadas por Instituciones Financieras Internacionales (IFIs) sin los debidos resguardos y procesos participativos que aseguren legitimidad territorial. …

by Jocelyn Soto Medallo, Ryan Schlief, Vaishnavi Varadarajan Through its work reinforcing community-led development campaigns around the world, the International Accountability Project (IAP) knows that the impacts of climate change are disproportionately borne by communities that lack the political and economic power in the decision-making processes affecting their lands, livelihoods…