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  • Views of the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_80...jpg
  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_80...jpg
  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_76...jpg
  • Damage to roads in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_75...jpg
  • Damage to roads between La Lima and El Porvenir, Honduras.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201124_45...jpg
  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_81...jpg
  • Damage to the main road in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_63...jpg
  • Views of the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_80...jpg
  • Damage to the main road in Copan, Honduras.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_77...jpg
  • Views of the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Damage to roads in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_75...jpg
  • Views of the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Damage to roads in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_75...jpg
  • Damage to road infrastructure in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_63...jpg
  • Landslide damage to the road in El Zapote, Santa Barbara, Honduras.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_93...jpg
  • Tsunami damage in Coronel near Concepción, Chile.
    chile_hawkey_20100822_040.jpg
  • Earthquake damage in Concepción, Chile
    chile_hawkey_20100821_001.jpg
  • There are thousands of landslides in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Here in San Luis Planes the coffee harvest is affected by damaged roads that prevent coffee pickers from getting to farms and prevent transport of coffee to mills. The coffee harvest is also damaged from coffee cherries falling with heavy rain, root rot and many fungal diseases like leaf rust that prosper in humidity.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • There are thousands of landslides in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Here in San Luis Planes the coffee harvest is affected by damaged roads that prevent coffee pickers from getting to farms and prevent transport of coffee to mills. The coffee harvest is also damaged from coffee cherries falling with heavy rain, root rot and many fungal diseases like leaf rust that prosper in humidity.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • There are thousands of landslides in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Here in San Luis Planes the coffee harvest is affected by damaged roads that prevent coffee pickers from getting to farms and prevent transport of coffee to mills. The coffee harvest is also damaged from coffee cherries falling with heavy rain, root rot and many fungal diseases like leaf rust that prosper in humidity.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_92...jpg
  • There are thousands of landslides in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Here in San Luis Planes the coffee harvest is affected by damaged roads that prevent coffee pickers from getting to farms and prevent transport of coffee to mills. The coffee harvest is also damaged from coffee cherries falling with heavy rain, root rot and many fungal diseases like leaf rust that prosper in humidity.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • There are thousands of landslides in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Here in San Luis Planes the coffee harvest is affected by damaged roads that prevent coffee pickers from getting to farms and prevent transport of coffee to mills. The coffee harvest is also damaged from coffee cherries falling with heavy rain, root rot and many fungal diseases like leaf rust that prosper in humidity.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • There are thousands of landslides in the north, centre and west of Honduras. Here in San Luis Planes the coffee harvest is affected by damaged roads that prevent coffee pickers from getting to farms and prevent transport of coffee to mills. The coffee harvest is also damaged from coffee cherries falling with heavy rain, root rot and many fungal diseases like leaf rust that prosper in humidity.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • Vehicles drive along a road damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota in El Calan, Honduras.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_28...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away and damaged roads. Here a bulldozer, sent in to repair a road, broke down causing a roadblock for a day.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • The ASOBAGRI installations were severely damaged by a flood.
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  • A street is filled with mud and and destroyed furniture in La Planeta, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit hard on the north coast of Honduras, leaving some areas flooded for three weeks, destroying people's furniture, belongings, vehicles and houses as well as standing crops.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201116_65...jpg
  • Part of the bridge leaving La Ceiba lies in the river bed, washed away by the flood waters that came with hurricane Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201201_81...jpg
  • Part of the bridge leaving La Ceiba lies in the river bed, washed away by the flood waters that came with hurricane Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201201_81...jpg
  • In the aftermath of hurricanes Eta and Iota, a man walks through the mud in La Planeta, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.<br />
<br />
Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit hard on the north coast of Honduras, leaving some areas flooded for three weeks, destroying people's furniture, belongings, vehicles and houses as well as standing crops.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201116_68...jpg
  • A view of the destruction in a residential area of Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, after the passing of hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201122_34...jpg
  • A flooded area of Pimienta near San Pedro Sula, Honduras, directly after hurricane Iota. The water came at 2am, a lot of people were prepared, but flash flooding caught many by surprise and they lost all their belongings.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201118_12...jpg
  • A tower block toppled by the earthquake lies on its side in Concepción. Natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering. Many people were severely traumatised by the earthquake and tsunami in Chile.
    chile_hawkey_20100821_009.jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_90...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_90...jpg
  • Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, views of the destruction to housing and infrastructure after hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201122_34...jpg
  • The main road through El Calan was destroyed when flood waters from hurricane Eta and Iota washed away the bridge over the waterway called Quebrada El Calan.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • The end of the road. The main highway between San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa at Tres Reyes, Pimienta was flooded during hurricane Iota, the water came at 2am, a lot of people were prepared, but flash flooding caught many by surprise and they lost all their belongings.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201118_12...jpg
  • The end of the road. The main highway between San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa at Tres Reyes, Pimienta was flooded during hurricane Iota, the water came at 2am, a lot of people were prepared, but flash flooding caught many by surprise and they lost all their belongings.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201118_12...jpg
  • A flooded street in Pimienta near San Pedro Sula, Honduras, directly after hurricane Iota. The water came at 2am, a lot of people were prepared, but flash flooding caught many by surprise and they lost all their belongings.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201118_12...jpg
  • A man stands among the ruins of housing caused by hurricane Eta in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula. The building on the right is an evangelical church.<br />
<br />
Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit hard on the north coast of Honduras, leaving some areas flooded for three weeks, destroying people's furniture, belongings, vehicles and houses as well as standing crops.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201116_25...jpg
  • A man stands among the ruins of housing in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras<br />
<br />
Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit hard on the north coast of Honduras, leaving some areas flooded for three weeks, destroying people's furniture, belongings, vehicles and houses as well as standing crops.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201116_24...jpg
  • Scenes of the destruction caused by hurricane Eta in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula.<br />
<br />
Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit hard on the north coast of Honduras, leaving some areas flooded for three weeks, destroying people's furniture, belongings, vehicles and houses as well as standing crops.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201116_21...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_90...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_90...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_90...jpg
  • Through streets and villages there are piles of people's belongings, the vestiges of homes, mattresses, furniture, clothes, toys, the accumulations of lifetimes destroyed, and every home has to start again, from nothing. Tens of thousands of piles like this, the tools and comforts of daily life strewn in empty streets. It's often powerfully poignant to walk through these evacuated ghost towns, stumbling through the debris of people lives.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201124_45...jpg
  • A view of the destruction in a residential area of Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, after the passing of hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201122_34...jpg
  • Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, views of the destruction to housing and infrastructure after hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201122_34...jpg
  • Street scene of devastation in Chamelecón after hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_33...jpg
  • The end of the road. The main highway between San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa at Tres Reyes, Pimienta was flooded during hurricane Iota, the water came at 2am, a lot of people were prepared, but flash flooding caught many by surprise and they lost all their belongings.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201118_12...jpg
  • Baltazar Francisco Miguel, general manager of ASOBAGRI, takes a look around the flooded installations. ASOBAGRI is a Fairtrade-certified coffee producer based in Barillas, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_ASOBAGRI_20120316_0...jpg
  • A tower block toppled by the earthquake lies on its side in Concepción. Natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering. Many people were severely traumatised by the earthquake and tsunami in Chile.
    chile_hawkey_20100821_011.jpg
  • Corn sprouting on the cob before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_71...jpg
  • Handfuls of beans that have sprouted on in their pods before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_68...jpg
  • Santiago Oaxaca, is an indigenous Maya Chortí who lives in Carrizalón, Honduras. Here he checks through some beans salvaged from a ruined harvest, most however are inedible by humans because they sprouted and also have a fungal rot, caused by excessive humidity during the rains that came with hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_64...jpg
  • Handfuls of beans that have sprouted on in their pods before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_64...jpg
  • Coffee trees were destroyed across hundreds of hectares of land that suffered landslides in Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota. Extremely heavy and protracted rainfall also caused widespread dropping of green coffee and the leafs from coffee trees.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_96...jpg
  • Coffee trees were destroyed across hundreds of hectares of land that suffered landslides in Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota. Extremely heavy and protracted rainfall also caused widespread dropping of green coffee and the leafs from coffee trees.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201208_96...jpg
  • Corn sprouting on the cob before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_68...jpg
  • Santiago Oaxaca and Moises Mancía are  indigenous Maya Chortí men who lives in Carrizalón, Honduras. Here they inspect a batch of beans that has been harvested, from a whole year's harvest they say there's enough good beans to make a single meal.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_64...jpg
  • Corn sprouting on the cob before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_71...jpg
  • Mario Roberto Fernández, coffee farmer with Montaña Verde coffee cooperative, San Luis Planes, Santa Barbara, Honduras. “The damages we’ve had here from the two hurricanes, on top of the pandemic, we’ve seen damages to housing, roads and farms. There’s a combination of problems together. We are very worried, because we can’t see how we’ll get through the year and deliver coffee to our clients, even to get the coffee out of the area. We’ve had losses, we’ve done some analysis in the coop, we’ve completely lost 40 manzanas, the loss of houses. The damage to coffee includes a lot of coffee that dropped while it was green, leaf loss that stops the growth of the coffee beans, and that lowers production and quality, and then we are already suffering from fungal diseases on the farms: anthracnose, coffee tree leaf rust, American coffee leaf spot. Climate change is affecting us in different ways, the rains come when we don’t expect them, then don’t come when we expect them. On my farm there was a lot of leaf loss and green coffee that dropped. In many cases it won’t be worthwhile picking the coffee if the growth is affected and there is damage to the coffee beans. Across the whole coop there will be a big loss, and the economy here will be badly affected.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201207_94...jpg
  • Coffee plantations across Honduras suffered extensive damage after hurricanes Eta and Iota. Many farms were damaged by landslides as well as widespread outbreaks of fungal diseases and root rot from flooding.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_90...jpg
  • Views of the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Views of the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Chamelecón, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Ubiratã de Souza Dias, or Bira, speaks about the movement of people affected by dams in the São Paulo region.<br />
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The Ribeira de Iguape is the largest river in São Paulo State, 470kms long and is unusual in the region because it has no dams on it, but dams are planned here. Organised opposition to the dams has stopped a dam being built at Tijuco Alto already, and is actively opposed to the building of another three proposed dams in the area.<br />
<br />
The Movement by People Affected by Dams, (Movimento dos Atingidos por Baragems, MAB) says that the construction of dams and the flooding of valleys forces the displacement of people particularly indigenous groups and quilombolos (members of the 5,000+ historical rural communities begun by escaped slaves) and destoys livelihoods. Many of those most affected are indigenous people, quilombolos, poor farmers, landless workers, fishermen, who are not consulted, yet their lives are affected or their livelihoods ruiined by dams.<br />
<br />
Because of climate change we have an increase in extreme weather events, droughts and floods, and new records are being set for heavy rainfall, We can get so much rain that dams can collapse. Disasters are quite rare because  flood gates can be opened, but opening floodgates also causes flooding, it can cause damage and destruction of building and towns and crops, it can ruin livelihoods and kill people. In São Paulo state, because of heavy rainfall, floodgates were recently opened on nearby Capivari river at the UHE Perigot de Souza dam, flooding Eldorado and other towns. The company that owns the dam (Copel - Companhia Paranaense de Energia)  denies responsability for the damages.<br />
<br />
Sustainable renewable energy is preferable to emission-creating fossil fuel burning, but the human, cultural and environmental cost of giant hydroelectric projects is high and needs to be considered much more carefully. Successive governments in Brazil have made decisions to hand over land to privately-owned energy companies, an
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170913_041.jpg
  • Coffee plantations across Honduras suffered extensive damage after hurricanes Eta and Iota. Many farms were damaged by landslides as well as widespread outbreaks of fungal diseases and root rot from flooding.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201204_90...jpg
  • LWF representative Carlos Rivera (with white face mask) visiting Chamelecón, Honduras, looking at damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota. Many houses were washed away, leaving rubble or nothing, and many were badly damaged. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast many people lost all their belongings including their furniture.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201120_23...jpg
  • Under the bridge in Registro, São Paulo, Brazil. The Ribeira de Iguape is the largest river in São Paulo State, 470kms long and is unusual in the region because it has no dams on it, but dams are planned here. Organised opposition to the dams has stopped a dam being built at Tijuco Alto already, and is actively opposed to the building of another three proposed dams in the area.<br />
<br />
The Movement by People Affected by Dams, (Movimento dos Atingidos por Baragems, MAB) says that the construction of dams and the flooding of valleys forces the displacement of people particularly indigenous groups and quilombolos (members of the 5,000+ historical rural communities begun by escaped slaves) and destoys livelihoods. Many of those most affected are indigenous people, quilombolos, poor farmers, landless workers, fishermen, who are not consulted, yet their lives are affected or their livelihoods ruiined by dams.<br />
<br />
Because of climate change we have an increase in extreme weather events, droughts and floods, and new records are being set for heavy rainfall, We can get so much rain that dams can collapse. Disasters are quite rare because  flood gates can be opened, but opening floodgates also causes flooding, it can cause damage and destruction of building and towns and crops, it can ruin livelihoods and kill people. In São Paulo state, because of heavy rainfall, floodgates were recently opened on nearby Capivari river at the UHE Perigot de Souza dam, flooding Eldorado and other towns. The company that owns the dam (Copel - Companhia Paranaense de Energia)  denies responsability for the damages.<br />
<br />
Sustainable renewable energy is preferable to emission-creating fossil fuel burning, but the human, cultural and environmental cost of giant hydroelectric projects is high and needs to be considered much more carefully. Successive governments in Brazil have made decisions to hand over land to privately-owned energy companies, and their main motivation is profit, not the wellbeing of Brazili
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170913_001.jpg
  • Ubiratã de Souza Dias, right, show on a map where planned and existing dams are on local rivers.<br />
<br />
The Ribeira de Iguape is the largest river in São Paulo State, 470kms long and is unusual in the region because it has no dams on it, but dams are planned here. Organised opposition to the dams has stopped a dam being built at Tijuco Alto already, and is actively opposed to the building of another three proposed dams in the area.<br />
<br />
The Movement by People Affected by Dams, (Movimento dos Atingidos por Baragems, MAB) says that the construction of dams and the flooding of valleys forces the displacement of people particularly indigenous groups and quilombolos (members of the 5,000+ historical rural communities begun by escaped slaves) and destoys livelihoods. Many of those most affected are indigenous people, quilombolos, poor farmers, landless workers, fishermen, who are not consulted, yet their lives are affected or their livelihoods ruiined by dams.<br />
<br />
Because of climate change we have an increase in extreme weather events, droughts and floods, and new records are being set for heavy rainfall, We can get so much rain that dams can collapse. Disasters are quite rare because  flood gates can be opened, but opening floodgates also causes flooding, it can cause damage and destruction of building and towns and crops, it can ruin livelihoods and kill people. In São Paulo state, because of heavy rainfall, floodgates were recently opened on nearby Capivari river at the UHE Perigot de Souza dam, flooding Eldorado and other towns. The company that owns the dam (Copel - Companhia Paranaense de Energia)  denies responsability for the damages.<br />
<br />
Sustainable renewable energy is preferable to emission-creating fossil fuel burning, but the human, cultural and environmental cost of giant hydroelectric projects is high and needs to be considered much more carefully. Successive governments in Brazil have made decisions to hand over land to privately-owned energy companies, and their main m
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170913_073.jpg
  • Fishing boats at Registro, São Paulo, Brazil. The Ribeira de Iguape is the largest river in São Paulo State, 470kms long and is unusual in the region because it has no dams on it, but dams are planned here. Organised opposition to the dams has stopped a dam being built at Tijuco Alto already, and is actively opposed to the building of another three proposed dams in the area.<br />
<br />
The Movement by People Affected by Dams, (Movimento dos Atingidos por Baragems, MAB) says that the construction of dams and the flooding of valleys forces the displacement of people particularly indigenous groups and quilombolos (members of the 5,000+ historical rural communities begun by escaped slaves) and destoys livelihoods. Many of those most affected are indigenous people, quilombolos, poor farmers, landless workers, fishermen, who are not consulted, yet their lives are affected or their livelihoods ruiined by dams.<br />
<br />
Because of climate change we have an increase in extreme weather events, droughts and floods, and new records are being set for heavy rainfall, We can get so much rain that dams can collapse. Disasters are quite rare because  flood gates can be opened, but opening floodgates also causes flooding, it can cause damage and destruction of building and towns and crops, it can ruin livelihoods and kill people. In São Paulo state, because of heavy rainfall, floodgates were recently opened on nearby Capivari river at the UHE Perigot de Souza dam, flooding Eldorado and other towns. The company that owns the dam (Copel - Companhia Paranaense de Energia)  denies responsability for the damages.<br />
<br />
Sustainable renewable energy is preferable to emission-creating fossil fuel burning, but the human, cultural and environmental cost of giant hydroelectric projects is high and needs to be considered much more carefully. Successive governments in Brazil have made decisions to hand over land to privately-owned energy companies, and their main motivation is profit, not the wellbeing of Brazilian
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170913_007.jpg
  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201210_98...jpg
  • Flooding and landslides across Honduras after hurricanes Eta and Iota washed away roads, farms and houses. Here in El Zapote village, Gualala, Santa Barbara, 60 families were affected by complete loss or severe damage of their houses.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201206_91...jpg
  • José de la Cruz Vilchez Machado, engineering worker with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure surveys damage to tunnels and roadway at Sebaco. Central America has been hit by torrential rains since last week after the succession of five hurricanes and tropical storms. Nicaragua has declared a state of emergency with 25,000 people affected by the floods.
    nicaragua_hawkey_20111022_2356.jpg
  • Julio Zeledón, coffee farmer and member of COOMPROCOM in Payacuca, Terrabona, Matagalpa, here he shows broca damage on his coffee. COOMPROCOM Coop was founded in 2003 and fairtrade certified by FLO in the same year.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_COOMPROCOM_20111021...jpg
  • The ACT Alliance held many action events to call attention to particular issues on climate. Here, on the main concourse of the UN climate talks COP21 being held in Paris, they are calling delegates to push for a fair and binding agreement that recognises the loss and damage caused by climate change, through extreme weather and droughts.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Nory Paz, coffee farmer and member of the COAGRICSAL coop that is certified by Fairtrade. Mr Paz has become a local expert in organic fertilizers, taught by COAGRICSAL in a project supported by Finnish Fairtrade. Here he shows his renewed coffee plantation, restored after the damage of leaf rust.
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  • Nory Paz, coffee farmer and member of the COAGRICSAL coop. Mr Paz has become a local expert in organic fertilizers, taught by COAGRICSAL in a project supported by Finnish Fairtrade. Here he walks with his sons through a renovated part of his coffee farm, restored after the damage of leaf rust.
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  • During the heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, the flood plain along the river Copán spread quickly across a lot of fertile land used for farming and causing immense damage to standing crops such as beans, maize and tomatoes.
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  • During the heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, the flood plain along the river Copán spread quickly across a lot of fertile land used for farming and causing immense damage to standing crops such as beans, maize and tomatoes.
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  • After the double hurricanes of Eta and Iota, people cross the Quebrada El Calan. Massive damage was caused along the waterway after the hurricanes.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Juana Zuniga, Guapinol, partner of José Abelino Cedillo, one of the men who has been in prison for 15 months for protesting against the mining company in Guapinol.<br />
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"The struggle we have here is in defence of this lovely river. The mining company Los Pinares ha been causing damage here since 2018. We began our struggle when we couldn't use the water from this river for seven months, it's essential for this community. This river provides the water for more than 3,000 people in the community... We began our struggle, a non-violent struggle, we wanted to recover our river as when the mining company started work the water turned into thick chocolatey substance that even the animals didn't want to drink. It was sad, we had to start buying large bottles of water. But some people didn't have the money to do that, we suffered seven months with water like that. Thank God, the water is clean again, but the flow is reduced, we don't know what the mine is doing to make that happen. For us, water is life, it is eveything. We have eight men in prison in Olanchito, without any evidence against them, we want them back, and we want the mining company to leave."
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201210_98...jpg
  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Juana Zuniga, Guapinol, partner of José Abelino Cedillo, one of the men who has been in prison for 15 months for protesting against the mining company in Guapinol.<br />
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"The struggle we have here is in defence of this lovely river. The mining company Los Pinares ha been causing damage here since 2018. We began our struggle when we couldn't use the water from this river for seven months, it's essential for this community. This river provides the water for more than 3,000 people in the community... We began our struggle, a non-violent struggle, we wanted to recover our river as when the mining company started work the water turned into thick chocolatey substance that even the animals didn't want to drink. It was sad, we had to start buying large bottles of water. But some people didn't have the money to do that, we suffered seven months with water like that. Thank God, the water is clean again, but the flow is reduced, we don't know what the mine is doing to make that happen. For us, water is life, it is eveything. We have eight men in prison in Olanchito, without any evidence against them, we want them back, and we want the mining company to leave."
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201203_86...jpg
  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201210_98...jpg
  • Following hurricanes Eta and Iota, with widespread damage to housing and crops, a caravan of migrants set off from San Pedro Sula heading north to the US. Honduran authorities, at the behest of the US government, used police and military to block their movement and most were stopped and returned before even arriving at the Guatemala border. Some men went around the border post through the bush to get into Guatemala, but even some of those were quickly returned to Honduras. Migrants reported desperate and unattended situations they were fleeing from.
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  • Hurricane damage to housing in El Calan, Honduras.
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