Advocacy

Recognising the power of the youth movement: the Chrysalis Youth Fund

We are very excited to announce the launch of Synchronicity Earth’s new fund to support the emerging leaders of the youth movement pioneering action for the environment: the Chrysalis Youth Fund. “Whenever I talk to people who want to support youth, I tell them: We already did all the work. [...]

By |2023-09-19T17:06:08+00:00September 19th, 2023|Advocacy, Capacity Building, Chrysalis Youth Fund, Indigenous Peoples, Youth|Comments Off on Recognising the power of the youth movement: the Chrysalis Youth Fund

A victory for our ocean, 20 years in the making

The high seas, or regions of the ocean beyond national borders, make up 50 per cent of earth’s area. They are home to a rich tapestry of ecosystems and an incredible diversity of wildlife, much of which remains undiscovered. Yet less than one per cent of the high seas are protected, and, as international [...]

By |2023-03-15T15:45:28+00:00March 15th, 2023|Advocacy, High Seas, Marine, Ocean, Policy|Comments Off on A victory for our ocean, 20 years in the making

Snapshots from a global biodiversity conference

The world's largest and most important global gathering on biodiversity convened in Montreal, Canada, in December 2022. As the speeches, pledges and media coverage of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties 15 (COP15) fade into memory, we hear from four people who were there. Large, [...]

By |2023-02-20T10:16:36+00:00February 20th, 2023|Advocacy, Biodiversity, Capacity, Congo Basin, Events, Freshwater, Inclusion|Comments Off on Snapshots from a global biodiversity conference

Whose land is it anyway?

CFLEDD (Coalition of Women Leaders for the Environment and Sustainable Development) is a growing movement of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) advocating for women’s land rights and sustainable development. We spoke to Néné Mainzana, the President of CFLEDD, who explained why now is a critical moment to advance land rights [...]

By |2020-04-28T08:34:59+00:00August 28th, 2019|Advocacy, Biodiversity, Collaboration, Community, Congo Basin, Forests|Comments Off on Whose land is it anyway?

Human rights advocate killed in DRC palm oil conflict

Synchronicity Earth is deeply saddened to report the death of Joël Imbangola Lunea, a human rights advocate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The following contains extracts from the press release published by Synchronicity Earth’s partner Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) and human rights organisation RIAO-RDC. The full article can be read here.A member [...]

By |2019-07-23T09:29:08+00:00July 23rd, 2019|Advocacy, Community, Congo Basin, Human Rights|Comments Off on Human rights advocate killed in DRC palm oil conflict

Agroecology for people and planet

An Interview with Daniel Moss, Executive Director of the Agroecology Fund (AEF). The Agroecology Fund  began life as a collaboration between four funders, three from the US and one from Europe, who all shared the same objective of supporting agroecology. Alongside the work they were already doing within their Foundations, these funders decided that they could [...]

By |2022-02-04T11:56:14+00:00February 26th, 2019|Advocacy, Agriculture, Agroecology, Alternative Livelihoods, Biocultural Diversity, Biodiversity, Community|Comments Off on Agroecology for people and planet

Turning the tide for High Seas Conservation

A once-in-a-generation opportunity to revolutionise ocean governance kicks off at the United Nations Human impact has become ubiquitous across the ocean. Plastic has been found over 10,000 metres deep in the Mariana Trench, fishing takes place in over 90 per cent of marine waters, and all of the ocean is experiencing serious changes [...]

By |2018-09-27T08:47:07+00:00September 27th, 2018|Advocacy, Biodiversity, Fisheries, Ocean, Oceans, Protected Areas|Comments Off on Turning the tide for High Seas Conservation

Cameroonian Environmental Activist arrested

Cameroonian environmental activist Nasako Besingi was arrested on Monday morning (25th September) in Mundemba, southwest Cameroon, at the headquarters of his NGO, SEFE (Struggle to Economize the Future Environment). The premises are reported to have been ransacked and Nasako arrested by a large group of police and soldiers and taken away in the back [...]

By |2018-08-31T04:31:39+00:00September 26th, 2017|Advocacy, Congo Basin, Threats|0 Comments

Building momentum for Oceans

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 urges the global community to 'Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’. This is a welcome step towards moving marine conservation up the agenda and linking it into the bigger picture of human and environmental development. Nevertheless, while there is still so much to [...]

By |2018-08-31T17:00:54+00:00June 13th, 2017|Advocacy, Ocean, Oceans, Programmes|0 Comments
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