Environment and Ecology
The Friendship Office promotes policies that address the structural causes of climate change. We realize that the valiant community based development and reforestation efforts that we support can literally be swept away without binding global policies.

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Tue, 12/01/2015 - 1:00am | admin

COP21 - Nicaragua says voluntary responsibility is a path to failure
An interview with Paul Oquist, Nicaragua's representative to the Climate Negotiations in Paris: www.climatechangenews.com/2015/11/30/nicaragua-to-defy-un-in-climate-pledge-refusal/ 
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Mon, 04/27/2015 - 5:40pm | admin

Declaration of Indigenous Summit of the Americas, April 10, 2015, Panama City, Panama - Call to Action
An Indigenous Call for Unprecedented, Unified Action for Protecting and Restoring the Sacred to All Members of the Human Family:  See the declaration at:   http://www.fwii.net/profiles/blogs/declaration-of-indigenous-summit-of-the-americas-april-10-2015
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Environment and EcologyEnvironment and EcologyAction Alert
Thu, 05/01/2014 - 12:34pm | admin

Climate change: a challenge that goes beyond politics
Elizabeth Peredo Beltran*
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Fri, 11/06/2015 - 1:00am | admin

Ten Years After the Defeat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) – Lessons for Current Struggles
An article from ALAI reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the demise of the FTAA:   www.alainet.org/en/articulo/173379 
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Environment and EcologyEnvironment and EcologyTrade
Fri, 09/19/2014 - 8:19pm | admin

Latin America at a Climate Crossroads
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 2014 (IPS) - World leaders gathered at the Climate Change Summit during the United Nations General Assembly on Sep. 23 will have a crucial opportunity to mobilise political will and advance solutions to climate change. They will also need to address its closely connected...
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