Forest and tribal rights activist Alok Shukla will on Friday receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2024 for successfully leading a community campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of biodiversity-rich forests from 21 planned coal mines in Chhattisgarh.
growing up, teresa vicente spent long days in spain’s mar menor swimming in transparent waters, cupping seahorses in her hands and partying under the moonlit sky. out there, she recalled, time stood still. but over the decades, chronic contamination from mining, development and agricultural runoff turned the once crystal-clear waters of europe’s largest saltwater lagoon into a graveyard. a mass fish die-off in 2019 prompted the professor of philosophy of law at the university of murcia to take action. ov
India expresses deep concern and strong protest to Canada over pro-Khalistan slogans raised at a Toronto event attended by PM Justin Trudeau. MEA states that such events continue unchecked in Canada, highlighting the political space given to separatism, extremism, and violence. This has negatively impacted relations and encouraged a climate of violence, affecting Canadian citizens.
Deep in an Indian forest, activist Alok Shukla greets friendly faces among a small band of protesters sitting in the way of plans to turn the surrounding wilderness into coal mines.Since then Shukla and a rotating band of villagers have maintained their sit-in protest at the heart of the proposed expansion site in an effort to stop clearance work from resuming.