On 20 November 2018, Greenpeace International published an article on China’s melting glaciers. The organisation notes that among affected glacial areas are those in Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang regions. In recent months, the melting glacial packs have led to forced migration of local communities due to flooding. The glacier situated at the headwaters of the Urumqi River in the Xinjiang Uyghur...
On 20 November 2018, Greenpeace International published an article on China’s melting glaciers. The organisation notes that among affected glacial areas are those in Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang regions....
The Sindh Action Committee led a rally in Mirpurkhas on Monday 19 November 2018, opposing the millions of rupees’ worth campaigns that promote the construction of dams on the river Indus. Observing...
After a meeting of the cabinet, the government has decided to implement the Sindh Environment Protection Act 2014 and its Section 14(3), which imposed the ban to commercialize or use non-degradable plastic...
While agriculture was mentioned in the agendas of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as one of the major driving forces accelerating climate change, indigenous perspectives provided opportunities...
The prospect of Jair Bolsonaro putting an end to the demarcation of any new indigenous areas in Brazil would halt 129 processes that are currently ongoing. In addition to the threat posed to new demarcations,...
Fegalo Nsuke, of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), in a meeting with the youth leaders of the National Youth Council of the Ogoni People (NYCOP), spoke out against the lack of...
On Tuesday 23 October 2018, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $471,000 arrangement to implement a “Sustainable Management of Community Development...
On Saturday 27 October 2018, UNPO Member the World Sindhi Congress held their 30th Annual Conference in London, UK. The conference was an opportunity to discuss a wide variety of issues, including enforced...
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