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L’appel à candidatures pour la subvention de journalisme d’Environmental Defenders est À PRÉSENT CLOS

Environmental Defenders vient de clôturer la phase de candidature de son initiative phare de subventions visant à soutenir le journalisme environnemental en Ouganda et en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Ce programme novateur, dont la période de dépôt s’est officiellement achevée le 10 juin 2025, a suscité un vif intérêt : 55 candidatures de grande […]

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Environmental Defenders Journalism Grant Call is NOW CLOSED

Environmental Defenders recently concluded the application phase for its landmark grants initiative supporting environmental journalism in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This innovative program, which officially closed submissions on June 10, 2025, garnered substantial interest, attracting 55 high-quality applications from journalists dedicated to uncovering and reporting critical environmental and human rights issues […]

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Fisher communities on the Uganda-DRC border say African Development Bank project fueled corruption

At Ubongwa, a Lake Albert landing site on the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), residents complain about fish price increases.  A kilogramme of fish on the local market sells for 15,000 Congolese Francs or around $6. Two years ago, the same amount of fish went for $4. According to locals at Ubongwa, […]

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Vision Collective pour le Changement Integral (VCCI) and ED Launch Tree-Planting Drive to Restore Lake Albert Basin

In a powerful demonstration of community-led environmental restoration, Vision Collective pour le Changement Integral (VCCI) has joined forces with Environmental Defenders (ED) to launch a large-scale tree-planting campaign aimed at revitalizing the Lake Albert Basin in Mahagi, Democratic Republic of Congo. This ambitious initiative, officially launched on Saturday, May 31, is in honour of World […]

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Environmental Defenders Forge Global Partnerships at Brazzaville Forest Congress

The first Global Congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from Forest Basins occurred in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, from May 26 to May 30, 2025. Over two hundred individuals from twenty different nationalities convened to participate in this momentous occasion.These people represented critical forest regions like the Congo Basin, Borneo-Mekong-Southeast Asia, and the […]