Tag:People's rights

Sustainable Devpt

World Bank’s carbon market threatens forest people’s rights

Lack of safeguards for indigenous land rights opened the door for accelerated deforestation and palm oil plantations across Indonesia; as Ebola recedes, Liberia faces...

Michael Simire - February 8, 2015

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COP 20: Tribunal sentences states, firms for rights, nature violation

The International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature judged 12 international and domestic cases in Lima, Peru on the sidelines of the COP 20...

Michael Simire - December 9, 2014

Water & Sanitation

‘Water sector reforms ceding peoples’ rights to transnationals’

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal and Lagos State governments to step on the brakes on adoption...

Michael Simire - August 27, 2014

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Human SettlementDecember 6, 2024

Lagos gives Island residents two-week ultimatum over environmental issues

The Lagos State Government, through its relevant agencies, on Friday, December 6, 2024, issued a two-week ultimatum to residents...

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Photo NewsDecember 6, 2024

Images: The sight and colours of COP29

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

CoverDecember 6, 2024

Stakeholders call for amendments to strengthen Nigeria’s EIA Act

Cross-cutting experts in the environmental community have called for urgent changes in Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act to...

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Human SettlementDecember 6, 2024

Lagos gives Island residents two-week ultimatum over environmental issues

The Lagos State Government, through its relevant agencies, on...

Photo NewsDecember 6, 2024

Images: The sight and colours of COP29

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties...