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Suriname again votes for whaling

Guest blog by: Julian Pengel Walvisnatie nummer 1 van de wereld, Japan, heeft bij monde van één van zijn IWC vertegenwoordigers ooit beweerd dat de walvissen met hun jaarlijkse consumptie van 500.000.000 ton aan biomassa, een wereldwijde, concurrerende bedreiging vormen voor de commerciële visvangst die op jaarbasis slechts 100.000.000 ton uit de zeeën haalt. Is deze […]

New GLOBE teachers for Suriname

Paramaribo, 23 January 2017   Master Trainer Lynne Harris provides the training for the GLOBE trainers GLOBE master trainer Lynne Harris Hehr (Arkansas, USA) was brought to Suriname by Green Heritage Fund Suriname (GHFS) to train teachers as GLOBE trainers. GHFS appointed three teachers this year as ‘traveling teachersʼ. These teachers travel as GLOBE ambassadors […]

THE MOVE

This is the story of the sloths having to move to a new location.  Follow them as they prepare to move to their own sloth center. Please consider making a donation so it can be fully equipped from the start and check back regularly to see the next episode of the comic.      

CIS’s neoliberal experiment with bulk freshwater export

Guest blog by Ravic Nijbroek, PhD. The viability of bulkwater export has been discussed at length in the Surinamese media from different viewpoints. Aside from promotional material, critical questions lingered around concerns that the Surinamese private sector was excluded in key decisions, opposition by the union representatives, and issues around water availability in general. Here, […]