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African People’s Counter-COP denounces the COP system and demands climate justice for Global South be at the centre of the climate action
The African People’s Counter COP (APCC) gathered in Saly, Senegal with over one hundred participants, from 21 countries, participating. Many African voices – excluded from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties – were captured and legitimized during the gathering. It…
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Faced with global crises, we build food sovereignty to ensure a future for humanity! We are moving towards a just and decentralized food system for all, recognizing peoples’ needs, respecting nature, putting people before profit and resisting corporate capture.
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Brazil: Environmental crisis – How long do you have to wait to start making changes ?
Environmental crimes and tragedies are occurring more frequently in Brazil. Droughts in the Amazon, floods in Maranhão and Recife, fires in the Pantanal, deforestation, and the lowering of the water table in the Cerrado—these affect the water reserves of the country’s three largest river basins.
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Special call for solidarity
La Via Campesina calls on the governments of the world, and in particular progressive governments and those of the South, to do everything in their power to end apartheid and Israel’s colonization. The Governments have a responsibility to coordinate their efforts to secure a future for Palestine and the entire Palestinian people, and to ensure that justice is done in the face of Israel’s crimes against humanity.
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La Via Campesina’s photo exhibition in Paris
Relive the inauguration of our exhibition, open to the public since November 21, right in the heart of the City of Lights, and available until January 13 on the gates of the Saint-Jacques Tower Square. We’re happy and proud 💪 to showcase peasant diversity and the role of peasants in building a just and dignified future for all, through food sovereignty!
Struggles for food sovereignty in the context of global hunger
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers – Explained!