[posted by Nina Lakhani on The Guardian, 18 January 2017] Goldman prize winner Isidro Baldenegro López, who was known for his activism against illegal logging, was shot dead months after Berta Cáceres was murdered. An indigenous Mexican activist who received the prestigious Goldman environmental prize for his crusade against illegal logging has been shot dead, the second award-winner to have been murdered in less than 12 months....

[posted on ToxicLeaks, 19 January 2017] Domestic media reported that a red-mud reservoir at Sanmenxia in Mianchi County failed at approximately half past six in the afternoon of December 15th. The reservoir, operated by East Hope Sanmenxia Aluminum Co., Ltd. reportedly flooded the area with toxic tailings, leading to the immediate death of at least two individuals. Local emergency-management officials, including representatives from...

[accionecologica.org, 13th of January 2017] Dearest friends, We want to publicly acknowledge the thousands of letters, embraces and messages that we have received from every corner of the world. We have, indeed, received an answer that for many, was unexpected: the Ecuadorean government has desisted in its intent to close Acción Ecológica. We have known (between you and us) how to defend our right to solidarity, to participation, and...

[by Nora on Upside-Down] In a space when rivers meet the sea, and the hungry tides wash the lands in continuous rhythm, fishing seems to be the only alternative to survive in the hostile landscape that creates what today is known as the Sundarbans. But when tradition meets modernity, and the rule of conservation overcome the rituals and the customs of the forest dwellers, a conflict between people and state, human and animal arise in...

A new report from IDMC – Displaced for Development in India] By providing a first-hand account of development projects and business activities that have caused displacement across India, this report documents and analyses the scale, process and impacts of the phenomenon. Rather than being priority beneficiaries of the projects that displace them on account of their losses, IDPs tend to find themselves trapped in permanent...

[posted on ejolt.org]El Niño translates to ‘the boy‘ and in his case, the child is unwanted. El Niño is a periodic climate phenomenon that occurs when a vast pool of water in the western tropical Pacific Ocean becomes abnormally warm. The resulting changes in ocean currents and winds affect the world’s weather and climate. What set the most recent 2015 to 2016 El Niño apart is that it was one of the strongest ever, which is related to...