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Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2014

Scientists name new endangered species after the company that will decide its fate

Tanya Dimitrova 24 Aug 2014

Under pressure over pollution complaints, Aceh calls for closure of gold mines

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Have scientists discovered a new primate in the Philippines?

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2014

Looming mining ‘tsunami’ set to take Africa by storm

John Cannon 20 Aug 2014

Aceh backtracking on mining moratorium, continues to issue permits

Loren Bell 13 Aug 2014

Titanium vs. Millipedes: new species discovered in Madagascar threatened by mining

Andrew Mann 13 Aug 2014

A paradise being lost: Peru’s most important forests felled for timber, crops, roads, mining

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Aug 2014

Oil palm, mining prompts local govt in Borneo to declare water unsafe for drinking

Loren Bell 6 Aug 2014

Tin mining, palm oil plantations wreaking havoc on small Indonesian island

Ethan Harfenist 4 Aug 2014

Peru slashes environmental protections to attract more mining and fossil fuel investment

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2014

Surrounded by deforestation, critically endangered gorillas hang on by a thread

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jul 2014

An end to India’s ‘Wild West’? Meghalaya bans coal mining… for now

Janaki Lenin 8 Jul 2014

Scientists discover carnivorous water rat in Indonesia, good example of convergent evolution

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Jun 2014

Extractive industries and apes

Daniel Stiles 13 Jun 2014

Scientists discover ‘shark’ in Sumatran forest

Satria Eka Hadinaryanto 28 May 2014

Dangerous work: how one man empowered communities and stopped a coal mine

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Apr 2014

Nearly a thousand environmental activists murdered since 2002

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2014

Forests in Indonesia’s concession areas being rapidly destroyed

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Apr 2014

Indigenous communities demand forest rights, blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation

Diana Parker 25 Mar 2014

Norway’s pension fund continues to invest in coal companies destroying Indonesia’s forests

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2014

The price of gold: winners and losers in Latin America’s mining industry

Meghan Walsh 5 Mar 2014

Uprising against illegal mining in Indonesia pits villagers against miners, police

Loren Bell 19 Feb 2014

The making of Amazon Gold: once more unto the breach

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 Feb 2014

Environmentalists call for recognition of orangutan, rhino habitat as heritage site

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2013

Average American consumes 50,000 pounds of raw materials annually for the stuff they buy

Tanya Dimitrova 10 Dec 2013

Gold mine near controversial Belo Monte dam suspended

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2013

The quicksilver demon: rogue gold-mining is the world’s largest source of mercury pollution

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 20 Nov 2013

Mining the Heart of Borneo: coal production in Indonesia

Wendy Miles 20 Nov 2013

Renewable energy revolution will require better management of metals

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2013

Mining Road Plan Threatens Forest Restoration Project in Indonesia

Diana Parker 29 Oct 2013

Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2013

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