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11th October 2017

Tree conference invites citizen-led initiatives for Global Reforestation, The Ecologist

The conference brings together world class speakers with leading-edge information about tree science, tree function and global reforestation strategies. Gaia is proud to be a partner of the conference. Article… Read More

10th October 2017

Gaia joins nearly 100 Organisations Condemning UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans

Gaia has joined 96 NGOs condemning the UN’s aviation agency’s plans to use biofuels in planes, a move that will lead to the expansion of palm oil, deforestation and human… Read More

1st June 2017

Gaia takes message of SOLIDARITY from the wild coast of South Africa to the Northumberland coast of the UK. Save Druridge Bay!

Solidarity flowed between UK and South African communities resisting coal mining this week at a rally to reject the Druridge Bay coal mine. If the mine is stopped, it could… Read More

20th April 2017

Ecologist Special Report: From fish to forests and conflicts to coffee…how humans are affected by climate-driven species shifts

Originally published in The Ecologist. Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities write Tero Mustonen from Snowchange and Hannibal Rhoades from The… Read More

13th March 2017

Gaia & the Global Coordinators of Yes to Life, No to Mining meet for the first time in Galicia, Spain

5th October 2016

Coalition of environmental and human rights organizations calls on the Pope to protect environmental defenders

Gaia joins environmental defenders from around the world to ask the pope to take action. VATICAN, 5 OCTOBER 2016 – Out of concern for the increasing violence against environmental defenders,… Read More

14th September 2016

Victory! Historic Measure to Protect Indigenous Sacred Natural Sites and Territories passed in Hawaii

We are delighted to share the news that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has passed a landmark resolution (Motion 26) urging governments and businesses to respect… Read More

13th September 2016

World Conservation Congress votes to protect indigenous sacred lands

Originally posted in the Ecologist. An article by Hannibal Rhoades for The Gaia Foundation. As the global assault on indigenous lands intensifies, the world’s largest conservation group, the IUCN, has just… Read More

12th September 2016

Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s wilderness in 25 years – study

Originally posted in the Guardian. Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth’s remaining wilderness in the last 25 years and there may be none left within a century if trends continue,… Read More

8th September 2016

Sacred Natural Sites Should Be ‘No Go Zones’ for Developers

Originally published on Ecowatch. A first round of motions was passed Tuesday by the 1,300 government and civil society members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)… Read More