137 posts
by HOMEf | Jun 23, 2016 | General
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, organized a two- day Community dialogue and an Environmental Impact Assessment EIA training for communities that will be critically impacted by the proposed Digital...
by HOMEf | Apr 20, 2016 | Fossil Politics, General, Press Release
Two days before world leaders sign the Paris Agreement, an international alliance of frontline and indigenous communities denounce it as a ‘dangerous distraction’ San Francisco, CA – As world leaders...
by HOMEf | Mar 4, 2016 | General, Press Release
Some of the best preserved rain forests in Nigeria are the Cross River National Park and the Ekuri Community Forest all in Cross River State, Nigeria. These forests are under...
by HOMEf | Feb 25, 2016 | General
Bulldozers and forests are not friends. Neither are highways or super highways, as the people of Ekuri Community are learning. The Ekuri Community Forest in Cross River State, Nigeria, is...
by HOMEf | Jul 12, 2015 | General
By Nnimmo Bassey COP21 has come and gone, and like most others before it, the response has been varied. Some have applauded the Paris Agreement as a giant step for...
by HOMEf | May 10, 2015 | General
by Femke Wijdekop Together with 886 citizens, Dutch NGO Urgenda brought a climate liability case against the Dutch state. I joined this case as one of the co-plaintiffs. Our argument...
by HOMEf | Apr 30, 2015 | General
By Nnimmo Bassey My last meeting with Oronto was barely a week before his passing. He had sent me a text message inviting me over to Abuja to discuss some...
by HOMEf | Mar 6, 2015 | General
6 March 2015 Petition On Ogoni Environment from the Regional Conference of Asia-Pacific Right Livelihood Laureates To: The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria OGONI ENVIRONMENT: TIME TO RESTORE HOPE and...
by HOMEf | Nov 1, 2014 | General
We are glad to announce the commencement of our Community Dialogues (CD). These are diagnostic exercises that provide space for community members to review the environmental situation of their communities...
by HOMEf | Sep 30, 2014 | General
Renowned Nigerian activist and poet, and long term Gaia ally, Nnimmo Bassey, has been honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) in Nigeria. The recognition...
by HOMEf | Jan 31, 2014 | General
January 31, 2014 Last year the Government of Kenya was getting “ready” for REDD in the Embobut Forest, now it is violently evicting the Sengwer People and forcing them “into...
by HOMEf | Aug 30, 2013 | General
Launched in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) completed the Bretton Woods trio with the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in promoting neoliberalism and corporate globalization. The WTO...