Daily Archives: May 8, 2013

Environment, Nicaragua

Nicaragua cloud forest ‘under siege’ by illegal loggers

BBC

By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News

The Bosawas Reserve is a critically important rainforest but native people say it is being destroyed by "colonists"
The Bosawas Reserve is a critically important rainforest but native people say it is being destroyed by “colonists”

A famed rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal loggers, say indigenous leaders.

The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve is Central America’s largest tropical, forest with clouds constantly drifting over the hilly terrain.

But the Mayangna and Miskito people who live there say 30,000 hectares a year are being deforested by “colonists”. Continue reading Nicaragua cloud forest ‘under siege’ by illegal loggers →

Migration, USA

‘Nuns on the Bus’ will hit the road for immigration reform

[Religious News Service

Reprinted by Washington Post
By David Gibson
migNEW YORK — The “Nuns on the Bus” are revving up their engines for another national campaign, only this time the Catholic sisters are taking their mobile platform for social justice along the country’s Southern border to push Congress to pass immigration reform. Continue reading ‘Nuns on the Bus’ will hit the road for immigration reform →