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11 February 2025
Corruption threatens life-saving climate funds around the world – better safeguarding is vital to protect billions of vulnerable people
Global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by…
24 January 2025
Foto: UN Women/Joe Saade (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Sobre a CIVICUS
A CIVICUS existe para defender o poder das pessoas. Como uma aliança global crescente de mais de 15.000 membros em 188 países, trabalhamos juntos(as) para monitorar as violações das liberdades cívicas básicas, denunciar os autores(as) das…
23 January 2025
Prédire le risque de déforestation : nouveau logiciel gratuit et open source pour établir des cartes de risques
Pour lutter efficacement contre la déforestation, l’une des possibilités est de définir des zones prioritaires, considérées comme particulièrement à risque. Encore faut-il pouvoir…
19 December 2024
BOLIVIA, Dic 19 (FILAC) – La Amazonía, reserva vital de biodiversidad y recursos para el planeta, enfrenta desafíos urgentes que exigen soluciones innovadoras y colaborativas. En este contexto, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Banco Mundial (BM) han unido esfuerzos para fortalecer…
31 October 2024
We, rural women from across the world play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation due to our deep-rooted knowledge of local ecosystems, traditional agricultural practices, and community-centred approaches to resource management.
Here, at COP16 we come together to demand our rights to land, as…
29 October 2024
In the crucial context of the COP16 on Biodiversity, the International Working Group for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) extends a heartfelt invitation to organizations around the world to join our voice in defense of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and…
24 October 2024
The Land Portal Foundation seeks three dynamic and highly motivated content editors (one per focus language) to maintain the Land Portal website up to date with various resources in French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as to support translation and promotion of this content. This is a part-time…
22 October 2024
Investment in gender equality is declining and Indigenous and Afro-descendant women's rights organizations are especially marginalized.
Between 2016 and 2020, of the $28.5 billion in Official Development Assistance (ODA) Funds designated to support women and girls, only 1.4% went to organizations…
4 October 2024
Organizaciones indígenas presentaron el “Mandato de Acción Indígena: Amazonía en Emergencia y Libre de Minería”, exigiendo acciones urgentes del Estado peruano para frenar la minería aurífera, proteger la Amazonía y garantizar la defensa de los derechos humanos. En su pronunciamiento, denunciaron…
1 October 2024
Foto: Mídia NINJA / Mobilização Nacional Indígena (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Jornalistas do mundo todo podem se candidatar às bolsas de reportagem do Centro Internacional para Jornalistas (ICFJ na sigla em inglês.)
As bolsas fazem parte do programa Boost, que foi criado para expandir a oferta do ICFJ à sua…
26 September 2024
Más de 150 liderazgos ambientales de Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Venezuela, Perú, Paraguay, Bolivia, Guatemala y El Salvador se reunieron en Bogotá rumbo a la COP16 para compartir perspectivas sobre justicia ambiental, derechos humanos y Paz con la Naturaleza.
Reconociendo la relevancia de los…
24 September 2024
En un escrito legal que respalda el litigio de comunidades indígenas de la Puna en Argentina, solicitamos que la Corte de Justicia de Catamarca anule los permisos para dos proyectos mineros a fin de evitar impactos ambientales irreversibles en el territorio del Salar del Hombre Muerto. Pedimos…