to fight climate change: Asian Farmers Call for Massive Support for Sustainable, Organic Agriculture Climate change, or Global warming, has emerged as the most serious, yet unifying , global issue, that affects every country and every citizen, both rich and poor, of the world. However, the rise of the earth’s temperature has its most serious […]
The indigenous farmers who have been marching for 58 days now since October 10 from Sumilao, Bukidnon in Mindanao reached the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila last night, December 5, where they were received by Philippine Catholic Church leader Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales and the Jesuit community, together with their supporters, including […]
The following is the solidarity message sent by AFA to the Sumilao farmers, who are mostly members of PAKISAMA. The Sumilao farmers belonging to the Higaonon tribal community in southern Philippines have been marching around 1,700 kilometers for almost 60 days from Bukidnon in Mindanao to Metro Manila to reclaim the 144 hectares of ancestral […]
Press release – for immediate release 5th December 2007 Joint press release by World Rainforest Movement, Watch Indonesia, Walhi Jambi, Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Biofuelwatch and African Biodiversity Network
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | Dec 5, 07 10:47am | malaysiakini A people-centred and people-empowered Asean remains elusive, not least because politicians still assume they have been mandated to act without consultations with their constituents, said civil society advocates. Read more
ISIS Press Release 04/12/07 When ISIS organised its briefing at European Parliament in June (Scientists and MEPs for a GM free Europe, SiS 35), we already knew that one of our speakers, Irina Ermakova, has had her funding withdrawn because the results of her experiments (GM Soya Fed Rats: Stunted, Dead, or Sterile, SiS 33) […]
News and information about Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) are now available online at http://api-indonesia.blogspot.com/. The blog is being maintained by API’s IT staff, Nur Hadi.
The following opinion column by Social Weather Station Founder Mahar Mahangas reviews the case of the Sumilao farmers and the difficulties of implementing agrarian reform in the Philippines. Read more
