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CEO @GlobalNamati. (Views my own). Chasing social and environmental justice with good people from all over. Capoeirista. Let's deepen democracy.

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Vivek Maru’s Biography

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Vivek believes we can advance social and environmental justice by deepening democracy.

Vivek started Namati in 2011. Since then, Namati and its partners have supported cadres of grassroots legal advocates—sometimes known as barefoot lawyers or community paralegals—in ten countries. These advocates work with their communities to protect common lands, enforce environmental law, and secure basic rights to healthcare and citizenship.

In all ten countries, their grassroots work has led to improvem…

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To save carbon offset projects, make them fair

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By Vivek Maru
| AOL UK Verified
“Are they buying our air?” asked Matito Leriso. We were sitting in the one-room shelter Matito built for her family in Northern Kenya. Matito is a mother, a grandmother, and an elected member of her community’s land management committee. She was asking about the world’s largest soil-based carbon project, which covers 4.5 million acres and is run by an organisation called the Northern Rangelands Trust. Carbon is an unusual trade.
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Op-Ed: Why planetary survival will depend on environmental justice

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By Vivek Maru
| MSN Verified
Here’s a shameful fact about the 21st century: Standing up for the planet can get you killed. © (Mario Tama / Getty Images) Fire burns in a deforested section along the Interoceanic Highway in Peru's Madre de Dios region in 2013. Fires often are set to clear land for farming in the Amazon. The region has also seen deforestation from gold mining and logging.
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Give the People the Law

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By Vivek Maru
| Democracy Journal Verified
Arguments Today in most of America, helping someone use the law is illegal unless you’re a lawyer. These restrictions damage democracy. The case for legal empowerment. By Vivek Maru from September 4, 2020, 1:49 pm – 23 MIN READ Tagged criminal justicelaw Remember Erin Brockovich? Julia Roberts plays a single mom who helps people in Hinkley, California hold Pacific Gas and Electric accountable for knowingly contaminating their water.
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