Author: Injusticeto Team

Altering natural habitats for agriculture is the single biggest driver of extinctions.Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction.Now, new maps link the conversion of landscapes to the risk of extinction for species; they also help identify places where restoration could increase the probability that species will survive.The tool works accurately on areas of land ranging from 0.5-1,000 km² (0.2-386 mi²), and could be used by consumers and conservation groups to identify key areas to prioritize for conservation or restoration.See All Key Ideas Across the globe, no other human activity currently affects the survival…

(Paris) – Niger’s military authorities should immediately drop all charges and release a prominent civil society activist and critic of the government, who is detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH) said today.The arrest and detention on December 3, 2024, of Moussa Tiangari, secretary general of the civil society organization Citizens’ Alternative Spaces (Alternatives Espaces Citoyens, AEC), in Niamey, Niger’s capital, appears linked to a pervasive crackdown…

Image credit: “Smoke Spirits” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” For our generation—those of us born in the 1990s, who have grown up amid an increasingly concerning discourse on climate change—the environmental future appears bleak and uncertain. The climate crisis, as the Swiss ecotheologist Michel Maxime Egger has noted, is also an internal crisis—impacting, as it does, our mental and spiritual wellbeing.1 Many young people are suffering the effects of the ever-rising environmental degradation, not only in their communities but also on a psychological level: around…

Hundreds, if not thousands, of children in Haiti, driven by hunger and poverty, have in recent months joined criminal groups, where they are forced into illegal activities and face abuse.Criminal groups have increased recruitment of children as a response to the law enforcement operations of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission and the Haitian National Police.The transitional government should provide protection, access to essential goods and services including education and legal opportunities for children’s rehabilitation and reintegration.(Washington, DC, October 9, 2024) – Hundreds, if not thousands, of children in Haiti, driven by hunger and poverty, have joined criminal groups, where they…

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For days, horrific wildfires have torn through Los Angeles, and they are still raging. The Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have moved so fast that people have been stuck in their homes or had to abandon cars and wheelchairs on the side of the road to escape the flames. Those waiting to hear whether their houses have burned are living in agonized dread. Many of them have turned to Watch Duty, a fire-tracking app that has become an indispensable source of information in an uncertain time. Watch…

The Women Reservation Bill is a substantial piece of legislation aimed at bolstering gender equality in Indian politics. It has undergone a long and intricate journey to reach its current state. While acknowledging the bill’s intent to promote gender equality, Gurmeet Kaur expresses concern about its timing and lack of provisions for OBC women. A survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) reports that the OBC population in India is 40.94%. Reading multiple perspectives in the news articles and Op-Eds on the Women Reservation Bill, my thoughts take me back to a lecture delivered by Dr Ameer Sultana on Women…

It was March this year, during a United Nations General Assembly, that 132 countries voted “yes” for Pacific Climate Justice. © Greenpeace I recently attended my first rally at Bondi Beach against deep sea mining. As the new Gift in Wills administrator at Greenpeace, it was inspiring to dive into action during my first week. From a young age, I’ve been passionate about nature, especially the oceans. Growing up in Scotland, where the ocean is so cold it makes my teeth chatter just thinking about it, my admiration and respect for it have always been profound. The idea of deep…

(Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities and Hamas agreed to a multi-phase ceasefire on January 15, 2025, that includes the entry into Gaza of humanitarian aid, the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, and the release of Palestinian prisoners.The following can be attributed to Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch.“Over the last 15 months, civilians have been targeted, attacked and killed at a scale unprecedented in the recent history of Israel and Palestine.  For these atrocities to end, Israel needs to lift its blockade, allow in humanitarian aid at scale necessary to meet urgent needs, and ensure…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president said Thursday he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, maintaining that the investigation is illegal.President Yoon Suk Yeol exercised his right to remain silent as he underwent more than 10 hours of questioning on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, following a massive law enforcement operation to detain him at his official residence in Seoul.Investigators are expected to move to place him under arrest in the coming days.The anti-corruption agency,…

Citizens rallied in Bangkok this week demanding accountability and action from the government and private corporations following an outbreak of invasive fish that has ravaged Thailand’s freshwater ecosystems and aquaculture industry.Blackchin tilapia, an omnivorous species native to West Africa, is highly adaptable, breeds rapidly and is capable of outcompeting native wildlife and commercially farmed species, including shrimp.Thailand’s largest agricultural conglomerate has come under scrutiny because it obtained a permit to import the species in 2010, shortly before the first detections in the wild in the same province as its research facility.The activists urged the government to eradicate the species,…