Por Alexandre Andrade Sampaio Com áreas de vegetação nativa a perder de vista, uma vibrante cena cultural, um dos parques tecnológicos e educacionais mais avançadas do mundo, a descrição de São José dos Campos, metrópole do Vale do Paraíba brasileiro, poderia fazer-nos pensar na cidade como o destino ideal para…

By Alexandre Andrade Sampaio With areas of native vegetation as far as the eye can see, a vibrant cultural scene, one of the most advanced technological and educational parks in the world, the description of São José dos Campos, metropolis of the Brazilian Paraíba Valley, could make us think of…

Text by Carlo Manalansan and Tom Weerachat Photos by Carlo Manalansan After a year of virtual meetings and learning, the International Accountability Project (IAP) organized a week-long meeting with the Global Advocacy Team (GAT) on Community-led Development Planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We witnessed the power when GAT members and…

by Anggita Indari Read the article in French. “Climate change brings serious impacts to our food security and rights to a healthy environment,” said Paul Edex, beginning his story. Paul Edex is one of the Global Advocacy Team (GAT) members from Haiti who has been conducting community-led research with Centre…

Text and Photos by Vaishnavi Varadarajan Read the article in Lepcha. “When I look at the Teesta River, I see it dancing as it flows. This beautiful river is sacred to us, no one should be allowed to restrict its flow,” says Mayalmit Lepcha standing next to the gushing, glacial…

This article is also available in English. “Madamo sang mga ginatawag nga programa kag proyekto pangkauswagan apang wala sini ginpasanyog ang kabuhi sang mga pumuluyo ilabi na ang komunidad sang mga mangingisda.” — Roque Cris Chavez, Secretary-General, PAMANGGAS Humalin sa pagtakop tubtob sa pagbutlak sang adlaw, ginapuno sang mga mangingisda…

By Moon Nay Li — Moon Nay Li is a member of the Kachin ethnic group and a women’s rights activist. She is a member of the Global Advocacy Team, an 8-person group convened by the International Accountability Project, to conduct local research on development and make recommendations to improve World Bank policy on development…

Build a People’s Plan By Jessica Amon Jessica Amon is an organiser at the Community Organizers Multiversity (COM) in Manila, Philippines. She is a member of the Global Advocacy Team, an 8-person group convened by the International Accountability Project, to conduct local research on development and make recommendations to improve World Bank policy on development finance. …

20 November 2014 UK urges GCM Resources to assess human rights impact of Bangladesh coal mine The UK government has urged British company GCM Resources to assess how its planned coal mine in Bangladesh would affect the human rights of local people, and has condemned the company for breaching international…

20 November 2014 UK urges GCM Resources to assess human rights impact of Bangladesh coal mine The UK government has urged British company GCM Resources to assess how its planned coal mine in Bangladesh would affect the human rights of local people, and has condemned the company for breaching international…

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…

Can these damaging effects stop future coal plants from ever being proposed? By Kate Hoshour and Preksha Kumar “There are two reasons for our visit to India. The first is to find out the facts about these issues that we are dealing with and the second is to inform people about our struggles. So we can unify.” In Northwest Bangladesh, a proposed open-pit coal mine and coal-fired power…

How a flood control plan will displace over a 100,000 people and what residents are doing about it. By Christophe Stiernon

By John Mwebe and Elias Jika — Lothike (name changed) is a young man who was born and was raised in the informal settlement of Kambi Turkana village, Naivasha, Kenya. In 2008, an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Olkaria IV Geothermal Project identified land in Kambi Turkana village as the resettlement site for indigenous…

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…

By Sathivel Visvalingam (Sri Lanka Nature Group), Tom Weerachat (International Accountability Project), and Anirudha Nagar (Accountability Counsel) — Earlier this year, the Asian Development Bank withdrew its financial support for the Northern Province Sustainable Fisheries Development Project in Sri Lanka, effectively halting a years-long community-led effort to make funders accountable to community priorities. The project had a stated aim to revive the fisheries sector in the districts of…

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…

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. …