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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia
'The sea is like a minefield': The web of illegal fish traps in Italy's MediterraneanAlice Pistolesi and Monica PellicciaSea ShepherdSea Shepherd is cracking down on illegal fish-trapping devices off the coast of Sicily (Credit: Sea Shepherd)Off the coast of Sicily, Sea Shepherd and its volunteers are hunting down illegal fish traps and working with Italian authorities to crack down on this environmental crime.
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1 month ago | 
thepressproject.gr | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia
Γράφουν οι: Monica Pelliccia, Alice Pistolesi Πρόκειται για ένα χωράφι με εκατοντάδες ηλιακά πάνελ τυλιγμένα από αγκάθια, πολλά εκ των οποίων είναι κατεστραμμένα ή σπασμένα. Σχεδιάστηκαν για να παρέχουν καθαρή ενέργεια στη μονάδα αφαλάτωσης του νησιού, η οποία είναι ζωτικής σημασίας για την κάλυψη των αναγκών του Λίπαρι σε νερό.
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1 month ago | 
plough.com | Monica Pelliccia |Alice Pistolesi
Survival can be complex in the south-central peaks of the Peruvian mountains, 13,000 feet above sea level, and when medical treatment is required it is more complex still. But for over a decade, an NGO run by an Augustinian foreign mission – the Apurímac ETS – has brought doctors into the Andes to provide medical care for indigenous Quechua communities. Difficult to access due to poor roads, the Apurímac region is one of the most impoverished in the country.
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1 month ago | 
altreconomia.it | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia
“Tutti i nostri sogni e il nostro futuro sono bloccati perché non abbiamo ottenuto il visto per lasciare la Striscia di Gaza”, scrive Zaina, 23 anni, studentessa di Amministrazione aziendale, via Whatsapp, nelle poche ore di connessione internet. Dopo diversi spostamenti tra il Nord e il Sud, la casa distrutta e gli ultimi mesi in tenda, è riuscita a tornare a vivere con la famiglia nella casa parzialmente intera di sua nonna, appena fuori Gaza.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
yesmagazine.org | Monica Pelliccia |Alice Pistolesi
Why you can trust us In a garden in the Metropolitan Autonomous University at Iztapalapa (UAM), one of Mexico City’s universities, Fernanda Meneses sells crochet sunflowers and tulips. A few steps away, Teresa Bernal sells vegan coffee and pastries. On the other side of Mexico City, beside a subway station, Alesh Flores sells secondhand glasses, Plumita displays punk necklaces, and Elizabeth Torres Barranco delivers secondhand clothes to customers who bought them online.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | Alice Pistolesi
With Mexico co-hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2026, major infrastructure works in the country’s three host cities could have negative impacts on local biodiversity, activists say. In Guadalajara, conservationists express concern that new developments might undermine the local puma population, which has seen a comeback in the last seven years. In Mexico City, locals say they haven’t been consulted about new roads and building projects that could threaten their water resources as well as tree cover.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | Alice Pistolesi
The line between legal and illegal fishing in the waters off Italy’s Calabria region is often blurred, with fishers blaming stringent top-down regulations for constricting their traditional practices. The issue is further muddied by the presence here of the ‘ndrangheta or Calabrian mafia, which investigations have shown is involved in the fish trade and also uses it as cover for illicit activities such as drug smuggling.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
news.mongabay.com | Alice Pistolesi
Some 350 families in Palmar Sur, in southeastern Costa Rica, face eviction over the construction of a new international airport designed to serve the country’s growing tourism industry. The project, endorsed by the country’s president, also threatens a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands, a large mangrove ecosystem that provides habitat for scores of bird species.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
plough.com | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia
A photo essay by Maria Novella De Luca with text by Alice Pistolesi and Monica PellicciaBegun in 2019, the Saharawi Mine Action Team (SMAWT) is an association of women engaged in demining activities along the Moroccan-built sand wall, or berm, that runs about 1,600 miles from Mauritania through Western Sahara to Morocco, and along Morocco’s border with Algeria. The territory remains the longest continuously mined area in the world, estimated to hold between seven and ten million landmines.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
ctxt.es | Alice Pistolesi |Monica Pelliccia |Ver artículos
Teodora Vásquez pasó 10 años y siete meses tras las rejas luego de una emergencia obstétrica en 2007. Tenía 22 años y nueve meses de embarazo cuando empezó a sentir dolores de parto mientras trabajaba como limpiadora en un colegio. Solo tuvo tiempo de llamar a una ambulancia antes de desmayarse. Al despertar, el bebé estaba muerto y los médicos la habían denunciado. Le cayó una condena de 30 años por homicidio. El Salvador tiene una de las leyes contra el aborto más duras del mundo.
