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Free Trade Area of the Americas
Country: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatamala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines
Region: Central & South America, North America
Topic: Public Participation, Indigenous People, Agriculture, Trade

Death of Ms. Digna Ochoa
Country: Mexico
Region: North America
Topic: Women

Water Access
Country: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Topic: Women, Water

U.S. Military Debris in Panama
Country: United States, Panama
Region: Central & South America, North America
Topic: Toxics, Pollution

Open-Pit Gold Mine
Country: Romania
Region: Europe
Topic: Toxics, Pollution, Resource Extraction

Export of Toxic Ghost Ships
Country: United States, England
Region: Europe, North America
Topic: Toxics, Litigation

Gold Extraction
Country: Turkey
Region: Europe
Topic: Toxics, Resource Extraction, Litigation, Public Participation

Rights Abuses Due to Logging
Country: Mexico
Region: North America
Topic: Resource Extraction, Litigation, Public Participation

Protecting Environmental Reporters
Country: Russia
Region: Europe
Topic: Toxics, Pollution, Litigation, Nuclear

Yucca Mountain Project, Nevada
Country: United States
Region: North America
Topic: Nuclear, Litigation

Illegal Logging
Country: Cameroon
Region: Africa
Topic: Resource Extraction, Trade, Displacement, Corporate Accountability, Indigenous People

Protecting the Rights of Environmental Defenders to Protest Illegal Logging near Copper Canyon
Country: Mexico
Region: North America
Topic: Resource Extraction, Indigenous People, Public Participation

Uranium Mining
Country: Australia
Region: Island Nations
Topic: Resource Extraction, Toxics, Water, Nuclear, Indigenous People, Public Participation

Native Rights in Canada
Country: Canada
Region: North America
Topic: Resource Extraction, Indigenous People, Litigation

Protecting Forest Reserves
Country: Venezuela
Region: Central & South America
Topic: Resource Extraction, Public Participation, Indigenous People, Litigation

Sami Culture
Country: Sweden
Region: Europe
Topic: Litigation, Indigenous People

Dam Construction in Quebec
Country: Canada
Region: North America
Topic: Public Participation, Water, Infrastructure, Indigenous People, Litigation

Toxic Ship Dismantling
Country: Turkey
Region: Europe
Topic: Toxics, Pollution, Fisheries/Marine Ecology, Fossil Fuel

Oil Extraction
Country: Mexico
Region: North America
Topic: Pollution, Resource Extraction, Water, Fossil Fuel, Fisheries/Marine Ecology, Indigenous People

Camisea
Country: Peru
Region: Central & South America
Topic: Indigenous People, Public Participation, Resource Extraction, Water, Fossil Fuel, Fisheries/Marine Ecology, Infrastructure

Mangrove Destruction
Country: India
Region: Asia
Topic: Fisheries/Marine Ecology

La Parota Dam
Country: Mexico
Region: North America
Topic: Trade, Water, Infrastructure, Displacement, Public Participation

Mau Forest
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Topic: Public Participation, Resource Extraction, Indigenous People, Displacement, Litigation

Hydro-electric Dam
Country: Turkey
Region: Europe
Topic: Public Participation, Trade, Water, Indigenous People, Displacement, Infrastructure

Hydropower Project
Country: Angola, Namibia
Region: Africa
Topic: Public Participation, Infrastructure, Displacement, Indigenous People