Stories - Environment

Yasuní: When Citizens Vote – Governments Must Listen

Ecuador voted. The people spoke. But the government is stalling. There are important new updates to the...

Photo of Yasuni rainforest provided by Jorge Espinosa

Yasunidos: ten years of determination prove people do have power

Back in 2013, we already spoke to Yasuni about a then newly proposed citizens’ initiative aimed at protecting...

The ruins of the Panguna mine (Photo courtesy of Madlemurs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)

Papua New Guinea

Inching towards Independence: a bumpy road ahead for Bougainville

In last November’s referendum, with a turnout of 87,4 per cent, a staggering 97,7 per cent of Bougainvillean...

How the Curse of the Quorum Poisoned Democracy

In the last 20 years Italians could directly decide on 31 nationwide laws. But in 27 cases, including the...