Since last week, tens of thousands of families have faced devastating flooding in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The floods have displaced more than 93,000 people and have taken 26 lives. People are scrounging for their few remaining belongings, and...
For World Oceans Day, we are taking a look at the ways movements are defending water, oceans and people from the various threats they face.
The following statement comes from our partner, Via Campesina, speaking out against the deliberate fires set in the Amazon rain forest.
Below is a statement from the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB), first in English then below in Portuguese. A longtime partner of Grassroots International, MAB advocates for the human right to water, land and energy sovereignty, particularly for...
The Movement Affected by Dams (MAB) gained a new ally in the Attorney General in the struggle for justice for the families affected by the Brumadinho dam collapse disaster.
On January 25, 2019, the second largest collapse of tailings dams in the world devastated Brumadinho, Brazil. This was a tragedy that didn’t have to happen.
Rather than offering a “solution” to climate change, big hydro-electric dams are false solutions that endanger the planet with the methane emitted and threaten to destroy local ecosystems and cultures, like the Munduruku in Brazil. Thankfully the Munduruku linked up with the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) to resist.
On Human Rights Day, Grassroots's partner the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) became a full member of Brazil’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH). In the following article, MAB discusses why being on the CNDH matters today.
Climate change is disrupting our world and our lives. "Conscientious capitalists" assembled in San Francisco in September to offer false solutions. The grassroots answered on the streets with real ones.
On this World Water Day, we want to honor the movements in Latin America struggling for their human right to water.
Test show that people affected by November 2015 hydrodam disaster in Brazil are contaminated with nickel and arsenic.
The second year under Brazil’s parliamentary coup is now underway. Despite the political corruption and backlash against social movements, Grassroots International partners refuse to accept the dismantling of previous gains and are creating new systems to survive.
Solidarity Program Officer Lydia Simas spoke to two survivors of the 2015 Mariana dam disaster -- the greatest environmental disaster in Brazil's history. Maria and Raiane, activists in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB), talked about the ongoing struggle to hold mega mining corp Samarco accountable.
The Grassroots Climate Solutions Fund (GCSF) is excited to announce its first round of grant awards to 11 grassroots climate justice organizations operating around the world who are building local resilience – not only for when the most acute suffering or injustice occurs, but for a thriving future.
Addressing this injustice the anti-dam network known as the Movement of People Affected by Hydro Dams (MAR) works throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America to protect river systems and riverine communities from the onslaught of hydro-electric and mining dam megaprojects. Through advocacy and education efforts on water rights, dams, and anti-dam movements, members have been able to increase their skills in organizing and advocating across the hemisphere.
In addition to the general strike on April 28, 2017, hundreds of workers took the streets early in the morning to protest against Michel Temer's illegitimate government measures. Main viaducts, avenues and highways of the whole country were blocked up at dawn.
Indigenous peoples, local communities – and likely the earth itself – are breathing a sigh of relief and celebrating a major victory. After years of organizing and a series of major environmental studies, São Luiz do Tapajós mega-dam, the largest hydroelectric project planned for the Amazon, has been canceled.
April has been an exceptional month for Indigenous groups in Brazil.
On April 19th, which happens to be Indigenous people’s day in Brazil, Ibama, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, suspended the license of one of the biggest hydroelectric dam projects in Brazil, São Luiz do Tapajós in the Amazon, which was to be started this year. The company building the dam was planning on flooding about 7% of the Mundruku peoples land, which would be unconstitutional once the indigenous status of land is confirmed.
