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GERMANY: NGOs launch sustainable cotton discussion
2014-01-28 17:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) WWF Germany and Welthungerhilfe have launched a new forum to discuss sustainable cotton and possibilities to increase transparency in the textile supply chain.
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Malaysia: Murum dam blockaders may be suffering human rights violations warns NGOs
2013-11-12 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A coalition of nearly 30 organizations has sent a letter to top authorities in Sarawak and Malaysia warning them of possible human right violations against a group of indigenous Penan who are blocking roads to the construction site for Murum Dam. Over 100 indigenous people have been blocking a road for over a month as they demand more compensation and land after being forced to move from their traditional lands to make way for the 900 megawatt dam. "We are writing to express our serious concern...
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Canada: Environmental NGOs Launch B.C. Oil-Spill Study
2013-10-25 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: In coming weeks, more than a thousand small, yellow cards will traverse the waters around Vancouver and the Gulf and San Juan islands, washing up along the shores of the Salish Sea. Those who stop to pick them up will see a simple message: "This could be oil." The cards are part of an oil-spill study launched Thursday by members of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Georgia Strait Alliance. By dropping hundreds of the small pieces of bright yellow marine plywood from boats into...
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Green NGOs cannot take big business cash and save planet
2013-10-01 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When she wrote recently that "big green groups' are doing more harm than good when it comes to saving the planet, Naomi Klein was was right to be concerned. In recent years the environmental agenda has become heavily corporatised. Unimaginable a few decades back, partnerships between environmental NGOs and big-brand companies have become common. The Environmental Defense Fund led the way in 1990, partnering with McDonald's to introduce more sustainable packaging. Today, the WWF receives funding...
NGOs Give Asian Pulp And Paper Giant Performance Test On Promises
2013-09-27 06:25:04| pulpandpaperonline News Articles
Global environmental organisation WWF urges Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to sign up to joint NGO performance targets in order to depart from its status as one of the world’s most notorious deforesters and become an environmentally and socially responsible company
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