Mining News

RSS
1508 stories

In final weeks, President Bush aims to extend his environmental legacy

Jeremy Hance 9 Nov 2008

Peru’s uncontacted Amazon tribes under attack

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2008

Palawan’s wildlife faces extinction risk due to mining, pet trade

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2008

Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2008

Rare monkeys double in number in China but remain under threat

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2008

Indian protesters win land rights battle against Peru’s President Garcia

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2008

In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2008

Brazil may allow mining on indigenous lands in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2008

High mineral prices drive rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Aug 2008

Often overlooked, small wild cats are important and in trouble

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2008

Future threats to the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2008

Scientists call for mining ban, new protected areas in Suriname

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2008

Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2008

Venezuela bans gold-mining in forest reserve, will not issue new open-pit permits

Mongabay.com 21 May 2008

Malaysia rejects coal project in Borneo rainforest

Mongabay.com 14 Apr 2008

Lungless frog discovered in Borneo

Mongabay.com 11 Apr 2008

New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

Malaysia announces $103B development plan for Borneo island

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2008

France blocks controversial rainforest gold mine in French Guiana

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2008

Copper mine triggers controversy in Armenia

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2008

Proposed gold mine proves controversial in French Guiana rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Nov 2007

Central Africa’s ‘Most Beautiful Waterfall’ to be destroyed

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2007

Coal mining threatens the “Heart of Borneo”

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2007

Mining gets approval despite recent species discoveries

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2007

98% of orangutan habitat gone in next 15 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2007

Google helps protect Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jun 2007

Pictures of newly discovered species in Suriname

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2007

Deep-sea mining threatens fragile marine ecosystems

University Of Toronto 17 May 2007

Gold mining in Guyana damages environment, threatens Amerindians

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2007

Biofuels, logging may spur deforestation in Guyana

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2007

Gold Rush Tears Up a Patch of the Amazon

The Associated Press 2 Feb 2007

you're currently offline