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Rio Doce: The murder of an already dead river (commentary)

Dr. Fabiano de Melo 4 Nov 2016

One-Year Anniversary of Brazil dam disaster brings prosecutions

Jenny Gonzales 2 Nov 2016

Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Oct 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

Gold Rush in Bolivia sparks conflict between miners and the community

Eduardo Franco Berton/RAI 28 Oct 2016
Auyna Tepui in Parque Nacional Canaima, part of the Guiana Shield. Photo by Christoph Kühnhanss via Wikimedia Commons.

The Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’

Akola Thompson 19 Oct 2016

World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report

Isabel Esterman 19 Oct 2016

Gold mining deforestation in Peruvian reserve surpasses 450 hectares

Benji Jones 13 Oct 2016

New tool lets anyone find out if deep sea mining is happening in their ocean backyard

Mike Gaworecki 13 Oct 2016

Struggle against mining on Bangka Island continues despite wins in court

M Ambari 11 Oct 2016
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Signs of regrowth offer hope for Peruvian rainforest cleared for gold

Benji Jones 5 Oct 2016

Laws alone don’t stop companies from abandoning deadly mine pits in Indonesia

Yitno Suprapto 5 Oct 2016

Deforestation jumps into Peru reserve, 1,600 hectares of rainforest lost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Sep 2016

‘We are revolutionaries’: Villagers fight to protect Myanmar’s forests

Katie Arnold 23 Sep 2016

Peru’s Goldman Prize winner Máxima Acuña denounces attack

Milton López Tarabochia 21 Sep 2016

Revealed: Australian miner used arbitration threat to upend Indonesian environmental law

Philip Jacobson 15 Sep 2016
Progression of deforestation in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. Image courtesy of MAAP. Data from Planet, Digital Globe (Nextview)

Illegal deforestation hits three regions of Peru

Milton López Tarabochia 15 Sep 2016

Indigenous peoples demand protection of sacred sites at World Conservation Congress

Aura Tegría 7 Sep 2016

Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Aug 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Sites targeted for deep-sea mining teeming with new species

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Aug 2016

Hundreds of unexpected species found in Mexican UNESCO site slated for gold mine

Martha Pskowski 5 Aug 2016

NGO sues Aceh official over cement factory permit in Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 4 Aug 2016

Tapajós dams may bring fish kills, species loss, mercury contamination

Tatiana Farah, from Repórter Brasil 2 Aug 2016

Samarco chief faces criminal investigation over collapsed Brazil dam

Zoe Sullivan 27 Jul 2016

South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction

David E. Brown 14 Jul 2016

Fish kills at Amazon’s Belo Monte dam point up builder’s failures

Sue Branford 13 Jul 2016

DRC declares first new national park in 40 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Jul 2016

New map of Malaysia’s limestone hills will help set conservation priorities

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jul 2016

Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jul 2016

New report exposes “network of secret deal-making and corruption” that has kept Cambodia’s ruling family in power for decades

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jul 2016

Illegal gold mining causing mercury contamination in indigenous groups

Carolina Torres 7 Jul 2016

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