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Dossiers in the spotlight

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  Soy: trade in deforestation

  The rising demand for soy is having negative consequences for people and the environment in South America. Both ENDS reminds Dutch actors in the…
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  The merits of community-based restoration

  Globally, the area that is suffering desertification and land degradation is ever expanding. Unsustainable and often large-scale agricultural practices, including the copious use of pesticides and fertilisers, are a major driver of land degradation, aprocess that is further exacerbated by climate change, causing more erratic rainfall patterns, longer periods of drought and unpredictable growing seasons. This is very problematic not only for the hundreds of millions of people who directly depend on land and water for their livelihoods, but also for life on earth as a whole. It is clear that this process must…
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  The Climate lawsuit against Shell

  Both ENDS is co-plaintiff in the climate lawsuit brought by Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth The Netherlands) in 2018 against Shell to stop the company from causing harm to the climate. In 2021, the judge ruled in favor of the climate, but unfortunately the company appealed. The court will…
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  Small Grants Big Impacts

  Small grants funds offer an effective, alternative way to channel big money from large donors and funds to local groups and organisations that are…
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  Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA)

  GAGGA rallies the collective power of the women's rights and environmental justice movements to realize a world where women can and do access…
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  Fair Green and Global Alliance (FGG)

  Together with civil society organisations from all over the world, the Fair Green and Global (FGG) Alliance aims for socially just, inclusive and…