Should Bolsonaro stand trial in the Hague eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 17 March 2023– The Amazon is no stranger to crises. And the Santo Antonio hospital in Boa Vista is no exception to the rule. It proves the point. For almost a decade its staff have been dealing with the fallout from the humanitarian collapse in neighbouring Venezuela,…
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Victimizing indigenous peoples eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 16 March 2023 — Increasingly, Indigenous territories are being targeted for carbon offset schemes. Protected Areas – which usually lead to evictions and violence against local people – are now being justified by claims about their potential to ‘store’ carbon. The resulting carbon ‘credits’ can then be sold to polluters, like…
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Guyana has received an over $1.1 billion (€ 5 million) grant from the European Union to maintain its forest and natural resources, as well as strengthen sustainable development specifically in Amerindian communities. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 16th 2023– President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Deputy Secretary General of European Union Action Service, Helena Konig signed the billion-dollar…
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Reducing CO2 Production eyesonsuriname Amsterdam March 14th 2023— Whenever you travel and wherever you go and stroll between the towering apartment blocks of international cities like London, New York, Hong Kong, São Paulo or Singapore, famous for skyscrapers and brutalist complexes, everywhere you look you will see the grey, pockmarked façade of concrete. Even the city’s more…
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Suriname trails behind eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 14 maart 2023– As soon as ExxonMobil Guyana receives approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 35 multi-well programme in the Stabroek Block, drilling operations for the country could reach its peak in 2025. According to the Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for the multi-well project, it was noted that several drill…
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New Study reveals progress eyesonsuriname/ m. mcgrath Amsterdam, 13 march 2023 — A new way to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the sea has been presented by scientists. The authors of the proposal, published in Science Advances, say the new approach captures CO2 from the atmosphere up to three…
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Examplary action: also and especially for Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 13 March 2023– In the chaos and force majeure of reports about extreme weather that will be poured out on newsreaders around the world this summer, it may not have been very noticeable, but Ireland is also under the spell of the heat this summer. Now…
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eyesonsuriname This came into effect in 2020. However, this Climate Agreement will only enter into force once more than 55 countries with more than 55% of global emissions have ratified the agreement. 195 countries are participating in the agreement, including the US and China. There is no longer any distinction between developing and developed countries.…
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eyesonsuriname According to a report issued Monday March 14th of this year by the Fire Monitor, an initiative of the Annual Mapping Project of Land Use and Land Cover in Brazil (MapBiomas) in partnership with the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), the Amazon biome concentrated 90% of its areas with fires, representing 487,000 hectares. In…
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Courtesy eyesonsuriname/United Nations eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 14 march 2023 — Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil…
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