Tag: Environmental defenders

The bishop called on the faithful to “stand together” and protest environmental abuses and “become genuine stewards of the earth”

“We will not stop until our missing environmental defenders and other victims of enforced disappearances are surfaced."

Reyes and his brother Mario, who was also implicated in Ortega's murder, went missing in 2012 after an arrest warrant was issued against them

There is a link between seabed quarrying and the reclamation projects that "violate regulatory laws as well as negatively impact communities”

The Catholic Diocese of Romblon assured that it remains steadfast in opposing harmful mining practices on Sibuyan Island

Woodcutting, agriculture, land clearance, quarrying, waste dumping, or landfilling in the vicinity of Masungi geo-tourism park can ruin the limestone ridges

Delima traveled from village to village and educated communities about laws that support the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ rights

A solutions-oriented story about how mosques and churches in Indonesia are stepping up to address the country's plastic waste problem

The groups demanded concrete plans to protect the affected communities and ecosystems

They are accused of damaging the base of the statue through the use of “particularly tough and corrosive synthetic adhesive”