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Sustainability and Climate Change

STATEMENT: Sting on the Amazon’s Wildfires

August 27, 2019 By Sting Leave a Comment

Legend has it that the Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned; while obviously bristling at the dubious factoid that such a stupid man could have been a musician, none of us, including me, can be complacent about the tragic dimensions of the disaster taking place in the Amazon as I write.     Amazonia is on fire at an unprecedented rate –nearly 80 % up from last year and with 39% more deforestation and the world is suddenly taking notice. Populist leaders citing nationalist … [Read more...] about STATEMENT: Sting on the Amazon’s Wildfires

Filed Under: Amazon, Brazil, Deforestation, Environment, Human rights, Indigenous & tribal populations, Indigenous rights, Land rights, Rainforest Fund, Sustainability and Climate Change

How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 4

January 5, 2018 By Rainforest Fund Leave a Comment

This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada.  Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 4

Filed Under: Education, Empowerment, Environment, Ethics, Indigenous & tribal populations, Land rights, Rainforest Fund, Sustainability and Climate Change

How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 3

December 22, 2017 By Rainforest Fund Leave a Comment

This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada.  Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 3

Filed Under: Education, Empowerment, Environment, Ethics, Indigenous & tribal populations, Land rights, Rainforest Fund, Sustainability and Climate Change

How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 2

December 8, 2017 By Rainforest Fund Leave a Comment

This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada.  Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 2

Filed Under: Education, Empowerment, Environment, Ethics, Indigenous & tribal populations, Land rights, Rainforest Fund, Sustainability and Climate Change

How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 1

October 18, 2017 By Rainforest Fund Leave a Comment

This collection of rainforest essays were written by 7th Graders at Adobe Middle School in Elko, Nevada.  Elko is a desert climate in a rural gold mining community. Students studied rainforests as part of their geography curriculum. In this assignment, students had to convince others to save the rainforest by explaining all the valuable resources that come from the area. They were surprised to find out that, even living in Nevada, how much we rely on the rainforests. Students also had to come up … [Read more...] about How to Save the Rainforest, By Our Next Generation: Part 1

Filed Under: Education, Empowerment, Environment, Ethics, Indigenous & tribal populations, Land rights, Sustainability and Climate Change

More than the trees: Empowering indigenous people to protect their rainforest homes

June 8, 2014 By Adityarup Chakravorty Leave a Comment

How much would you pay for 9 million hectares – that’s an area larger than Scotland or about the size of the US state of Indiana – of unspoiled old-growth tropical rainforest? No, I am not trying to swindle you or sell virgin rainforest lands, but this is now a question the world has to grapple with. According to the Financial Times, Mr. Bavon N’sa Mputu Elima, the Minister of Environment for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a presentation to the UK House of Parliament, explained that … [Read more...] about More than the trees: Empowering indigenous people to protect their rainforest homes

Filed Under: Sustainability and Climate Change Tagged With: Economic rights, Empowerment, indigenous & tribal populations, land rights

Successes (and further challenges) in Brazil

October 16, 2013 By Madeleine Lesser Leave a Comment

Here at RFUND, recent months have been full of progress, especially for our Surui partners in the Amazon. … [Read more...] about Successes (and further challenges) in Brazil

Filed Under: Sustainability and Climate Change Tagged With: Empowerment, indigenous & tribal populations, land rights, the environment, UN conventions

A Call to Action, Climate Change – A Worldwide Crisis

May 20, 2013 By Madeleine Lesser Leave a Comment

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have surpassed 400ppm and indigenous peoples have already begun to feel the effects.  Warning of displacement and conflict is a serious threat that can, in part, be thwarted when we begin to value "less" rather than "more." … [Read more...] about A Call to Action, Climate Change – A Worldwide Crisis

Filed Under: Sustainability and Climate Change Tagged With: indigenous & tribal populations, the environment, the rainforests

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