PLANT is a catalyst for indigenous communities and smallholder farmers to speak for themselves, their eco-systems and Seed & Food Sovereignty, instead of others speaking for them.
PLANT works with partners in Brazilian Amazonia and in sub-Saharan Africa.
NEW! Notorious Land Grabber Pulls Out of Ethiopia
GRAIN and Anywaa Survival Organisation -- 22 Sep 2017
“After nearly a decade of land robbery, harassment, imprisonment, forced evictions, misery in refugee camps and injustice, this is a great day for my people,” Ethiopian activist Nyikaw Ochalla exclaimed. “
NEW! Harmony with Nature (Report of the UN Secretary-General)
UN General Assembly, 72nd Session Item 20 -- Published 16 Aug 2017
"To achieve the greatest number of Sustainable Development Goals and comply with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is important to focus efforts to promote, respect, protect and guarantee the rights of Nature. In doing so, a radical change is needed in how the disciplines of law, economics, politics, arts and the media, among others, comply with true ecological sustainable development in the twenty-first century. Inspiration should be taken from the indigenous peoples in the way they relate to the Earth; that is, humans are born within the confinement of the Earth, are part of it and are never above it."
PLANT (Partners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples)
E-mail: plantpartners@gmail.com
PO Box 276 • Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA
Tel. 304 876 2288
Manaus-Centro, Amazonas 69020-030, BRASIL
PLANT is a USA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
