Report from RAN Ghana: The Struggle for Gua Koo Forest Reserve & Sunkwa Stream
This report comes from John Akwetey with RAN Ghana. Since the colonial time, the Indigenous people of Pokuase have depended on their Forest reserve, more than any other Indigenous group…
Big day for climate, Big new bill, and Big giveaways to coal, oil and loggers
With climate talks underway in Bangkok, Indigenous activists reviewing the text and engaged in the talks calling for no market-based REDD deal, Greenpeace activists blockading the tar sands in Alberta,…
If REDD can’t save this…
Cross-posted at Grist Bukit Tigapuluh Forest is truly one of those special places. It’s got three endangered species, two minority groups of indigenous people and a superlative: it’s the last…
Seeing the Rainforests for the Trees in the Senate Climate Bill
Senators Kerry and Boxer have said that they are on track to introduce the first step for Senate version of the ACES climate bill next Wednesday, September 30th. The draft…
REVEL in San Francisco on October 15th – Join Us!
For years now RAN has set the bar for annual environmental fundraising celebrations. And this year’s event, on October 15th will be no exception! REVEL: The Art of Activism is…
Have You Taken the Climate Pledge of Resistance?
Have you taken the Climate Pledge of Resistance? I did. Last summer, the Yes Men launched www.beyondtalk.net calling on thousands to sign up and put their freedom on the line…
Standing forests have value too
There is a nice summary of Indonesia’s forest woes in this week’s Economist. The article includes a comment from Sinar Mas, Indonesia’s single largest rainforest destroyer, reiterating Sinar Mas’ sole…
Tar Sands Fighters to U.S. News Media: WAKE UP!
Over the past decade, as oil prices have risen ever higher, oil companies have begun a massive – and massively destructive – project of tearing Canada’s boreal forest to pieces,…
Where in the World?
So I made it to Appalachia, but as you probably saw, the tree-sit was already over. We spent the evening hanging out with a bunch of activists and community members,…
Looking under the covers of carbon trading and forest protection
This weekend, the Saturday New York Times featured a lengthy article on efforts in Brazil to save the Amazon rainforest by paying farmers NOT to cut down forests. The article…