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Last disease-free Tasmanian devils imperiled by mine

Oliver Milman 7 Aug 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Colombian mining dispute highlights legislative disarray

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 27 Jun 2013

Indonesian NGOs demand inquiry into natural resource graft

Diana Parker 26 Jun 2013

Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll

Anne Usher 3 Jun 2013

Scientists discover high mercury levels in Amazon residents, gold-mining to blame

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

U.S. company’s open pit gold mine in UNESCO reserve in Mexico raises concerns

Tanya Dimitrova 28 May 2013

Top Indonesian official calls out misinformation in environmental campaign

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2013

NGO: conflict of interests behind Peruvian highway proposal in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2013

Petition targeting plan to open protected forests in Indonesia for mining, logging reaches 1M signatures

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2013

Uranium mine at edge of Grand Canyon National Park approved

Leslie Macmillan 8 May 2013

Cement producers hunting for limestone could threaten Borneo caves

Diana Parker 30 Apr 2013

Mining companies must turn to recycling as demand for metals grows

Fiona Harvey 30 Apr 2013

Samsung admits to using tin linked to child labor, deforestation; Apple mum on sourcing

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2013

To win concessions in Aceh, mining company hires official being investigated for graft

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2013

Mining company working with Indonesian govt to strip forest of protected status

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Apr 2013

Anti-mining activist from Indonesia wins top green honor

Mongabay.com 15 Apr 2013

Investigation clears APP of deforestation allegations in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Apr 2013

China’s hunger for resources has big environmental impact in Latin America

Jonathan Watts 29 Mar 2013

APP suppliers allegedly slashing forests and peatlands in Indonesia, despite new ‘no deforestation’ policy

Diana Parker 27 Mar 2013

Conservation scientists: Aceh’s spatial plan a risk to forests, wildlife, and people

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2013

Roads could help protect the environment rather than destroy it, argues Nature paper

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2013

Into the unknown mountains of Cambodia: rare birds, rice wine, and talk of tigers

Howie Nielsen 14 Mar 2013

Aceh claims deal to open 1.2M ha of protected forest to logging, mining is near

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2013

Burning coal may be killing over 100,000 people in India every year

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2013

Brazilian agency rejects Canadian company’s bid to mine controversial Amazon dam site for gold

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2013

In search of conflict-free tin from the Congo

Guest Mike Loch 12 Feb 2013

Amazon river ecosystems being rapidly degraded, but remain neglected by conservation efforts

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Feb 2013

Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in ‘financial damage’ and human rights violations

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2013

Indonesian province of East Kalimantan imposes moratorium on deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2013

Miners win ruling over indigenous groups in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 29 Jan 2013

Large blocks of Sumatra’s endangered rainforest may be put up for mining, logging

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2013

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