News: December 2011
Yesterday in Central London, Gaia joined a silent protest which took place outside the General Meeting of Shareholders of Australian mining company, Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL). The protest was held in solidarity with the communities of the Limpopo Province, South Africa, who face untold ecological, social and economic damage to their ancestral homes should the mine go ahead. Click here to watch a 2-minute video of the silent protest and find out more about the communities and ecosystems it will affect.
Civil society groups demand global corporations reconsider investment in Coal of Africa mining project, South Africa.
Today, civil society groups and community members from the Limpopo Province of South Africa sent a letter to over fifty shareholders and potential investors of Coal of Africa (CoAL) demanding that they reconsider their plans to support the company - and specifically the Makhado Project - in Venda, Limpopo because of the damaging impact that it will have on their ecosystem and livelihoods.
GRAIN receives the 2011 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, "for its worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing countries by foreign financial interests".
During the Awards Ceremony speech, delivered to the Swedish Parliament, GRAIN coordinator Henk Hobbelink seized on the opportunity to demand an immediate end to land grabbing and a restitution of lands to local communities.
Food Sovereignty essential as Climate Change solution for African farmers.
PRESS RELEASE Monday 5 December 2011
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)
African farmer and civil society groups in Africa are celebrating the launch of a "network of African networks", called the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). They have released a report emphasising that Food Sovereignty can cool the planet, while feeding the world and regenerating ecosystems.
