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LIBERIA: GLA Partners Launch Forest for a Just Future Project in Liberia

LIBERIA: GLA Partners Launch “Forest for a Just Future” Project in Liberia LIBERIA: GLA Partners Launch “Forest for a Just Future” Project in Liberia Liberia’s implementing partners of the Green Livelihood Alliance (GLA) program – funded by the Netherlands’ government will on Tuesday April 6, 2021 launch the second phrase (GLA 2:0) titled “Forest for a Just Future” with support from international partners; writes Moses R. Quollin The five years project, “Forest for a Just Future” overall goal is to ensure that tropical forests and forest landscapes are sustainable and inclusively governed to mitigate and adapt to climate change, fulfill human rights and safeguard local livelihoods in Liberia and other parts around the world.

263 organizations seek to stop construction of controversial crude oil pipeline across East Africa

263 organizations seek to stop construction of controversial crude oil pipeline across East Africa Shares 263 community and NGOs from around the world have urged the CEOs of 25 banks not to fund the construction of a heated crude oil pipeline. The organizations, from 49 countries, including 122 African-based, listed the immense threats that the 1,445-kilometer-long East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) would pose. The pipeline, they stated, will affect local communities, water supplies, and biodiversity in Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. They also warn that the pipeline will fuel climate change by transporting oil that will generate over 34 million tons of carbon emissions each year. The project is proposed by French oil company Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

Difficult to conceive of a more dangerous project at a more perilous moment for the planet than EACOP

4 March 2021 7:49 GMT Updated  4 March 2021 9:49 GMT in  London Hundreds of civil society organisations have called on banks not to fund the $3.5 billion to $4 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) because of the threats it poses to local communities, water supplies and biodiversity. In an open letter published this week, organisations from 49 countries including 122 based in Africa called on banks not to participate in loans to fund construction of what will be the world’s longest heated pipeline. The StopEACOP alliance also warned the pipeline will fuel climate change by transporting oil that, it estimates, will generate over 34 million tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

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