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By Vidya Dinker – originally published in The Diplomat on 19 May 2023 On April 3, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his “happiness” over the highest ever coal production in his country’s history. Indian coal reserves are so vast that they exceed...
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Blog by Jillie Karl Basan, one of the conveners of the Kabugao Youth. In the north of the Philippines, in the Cordillera Administrative Region, there is a province famous for its precious and untouched natural resources: Apayao, also known as “the last nature...
In the mineral-rich district of Mutoko (northern Zimbabwe), local communities are facing serious rights violations connected to mining projects, and in particular black granite mining. In the past three years, four children drowned and died after falling in the open...
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Climate change and the socio-environmental crisis pose an existential threat to humanity. The roles of individuals, communities, and advocacy organizations are vital to searching for and developing solutions. All modern environmental declarations, from Rio de Janeiro...
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As the Africa Facilitator of the Community Resource Exchange, I closely collaborate and learn from the people who should be driving the development agenda: the local communities, the people who really matter. I am learning how they solve their problems and keep up...
