Tag: Environmental defenders
We are ready: Reflections from Youth4Climate
Youth4Climate gathers 400 youth delegates from 189 countries to formulate a unified statement for climate action
SPOTLIGHT: Romblon youths use recycled plastic to combat plastic pollution
For local youths of Odiongan, the battle against plastic waste pollution is "a mission"
Caritas Philippines condemns killing of human rights lawyer in Mindanao
Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said Macababbad’s death meant an "indefinite delay for the poor’s access to justice, peace and freedom”
Greenpeace calls for ‘urgent protection’ of Philippine environmental defenders
“Companies and governments must be held accountable for the violence and persecution of land and environmental defenders,” said Greenpeace
Philippines remains Asia’s ‘deadliest country’ for environmental defenders, says report
The Global Witness report ranked the Philippines third overall with 29 killings of environmental defenders in the past year
Priests, church people under attack for standing for environment, human rights
A growing number of priests, and other church people, have been under attack for standing for the cause of the environment, human rights
Marinel Ubaldo: From ‘Haiyan’ survivor to climate warrior
Fighting for the “young generation’s future” has become Marinel’s commitment
Green activists decry attack on Philippine forest rangers
The Interior department confirmed that there were “illegal cutting of trees" and “illegal constructions” in the area
Philippine green groups dare corporate giant to abandon coal projects
San Miguel Corporation announced that it is “adding more renewables into its power portfolio” with the construction of solar plants
Philippine ‘river warriors’ fight tide of trash for cleaner future
The warriors wear rubber boots and elbow-length gloves, using rakes and handmade tools to scoop rubbish from stagnant waters