planetGOLD
“planetGOLD works to make small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner, and more profitable. Our vision is a clean global supply of gold from small-scale miners.”
“planetGOLD works to make small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner, and more profitable. Our vision is a clean global supply of gold from small-scale miners.”
“Together with partners around the world, Forest Trends pioneers innovative finance for conservation – promoting healthy forests, sustainable agriculture, clean water, robust climate action, protected biodiversity, and strong communities. Our programs and initiatives publish timely research, bring together diverse actors, and apply these approaches to make a difference on the ground, often blazing trails for bold and far-reaching policies in the process.”
““ECOCIDE” is a word to describe what is happening to our planet; the mass damage and destruction of the natural living world. It literally means “killing one’s home”. And right now, in most of the world, no-one is held responsible. We are working, together with a growing global network of lawyers, diplomats, and across all sectors of civil society, towards making ecocide an international crime.”
“Solidaridad is an international civil society organization with over 50 years of experience in developing solutions to make communities more resilient — from our early roots supporting repressed communities in Latin America to our current work fostering more sustainable supply chains. We currently work in over 40 countries, on five continents, through eight independently supervised regional offices.”
“The Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition’s goal to halt deforestation by financing large scale tropical forest protection. In 2021, the Coalition mobilized $1bn in financing, kicking off largest-ever public-private efforts to protect tropical forests.”
“AmazoniAlerta is a blockchain based app designed with and for the people of the Amazon. It enables users to share and store, securely, anonymously and in real-time, critical data on attacks on them and the forest.”
“The ICCF Group advances leadership in international conservation through public and private partnerships, and by raising conservation awareness among policymakers.”
“The Instituto Escolhas is a nonprofit civil organization founded in August 2015. It aims to qualify the debate on sustainability by translating into numbers the economic, social, and environmental impacts of public and private decisions.”
A website dedicated to the discovery of the Charles Brewer Cave, the largest quartzite cave in the world, located within the summit of a tepui in the southeastern region of Venezuela.
“LandMark is the first online, interactive global platform to provide maps and other critical information on lands that are collectively held and used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The global platform is designed to help Indigenous Peoples and communities protect their land rights and secure tenure over their lands.”
“This page is devoted to showcasing the extraordinary bushcraft and self-sufficiency skills and philosophy of Venezuelan Polymath, naturalist and explorer Charles Brewer-Carías. Here displayed, are his multi-disciplinary skills ranging from bushcraft/jungle survival to natural history and exploration.”
“Global Forest Watch offers the latest data, technology and tools that empower people everywhere to better protect forests.”
Our position on
the Orinoco Mining Arc
The purpose of SOSOrinoco is to shed light on the existing body of work regarding the situation in the Amazonia and Orinoquia regions of Venezuela, to raise awareness of the tragedy that is occurring and to outline some urgent measures that need to be taken in order to halt the unfolding human and environmental disaster.