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Peru considers big changes to its environmental reviews

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2012

Tigers vs. coal in India: when big energy meets vanishing cats

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2012

Brazil decree opens tribal lands to mining, dams in ‘national interest’

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jul 2012

Indonesia green news roundup: Indonesia’s dolphin circuses are haven for abuse

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2012

New Madagascar rainforest park invaded by sapphire miners

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2012

Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2012

Indonesia green news: 70% of Indonesia’s coral reefs damaged; Authorities exploring corruption charges in Tripa

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2012

Vale’s $1 trillion iron mine in the Amazon wins approval

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2012

Protest in China leads to cancellation of copper smelter

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2012

New species threatened by mining dubbed the ‘Avatar moth’

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

115 mining companies operating illegally in forest areas in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 3 May 2012

Exploring Asia’s lost world

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2012

Two-foot-long cloud rat rediscovered after missing for forty years in the Philippines

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2012

David vs. Goliath: Goldman Environmental Prize winners highlight development projects gone awry

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2012

Papua New Guinea halts controversial nickel mine – for now

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2012

BP moves into the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2012

As Norway funds rainforest conservation, its pension fund invests in companies driving deforestation

Mongabay.com 30 Mar 2012

Turkey’s rich biodiversity at risk

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2012

Mining cancellation throws wrench into Sarawak dam-building spree

Jeremy Hance 27 Mar 2012

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Katy Ashe 15 Mar 2012

India targets forests for destruction, industrial development

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2012

Tourism for biodiversity in Tambopata

Ryan King 27 Feb 2012

Interactive map reveals the human cost of mountaintop mining

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2012

Saving the world’s biggest river otter

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

Sinar Mas Group seeks ‘backdoor’ public listing in Singapore

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2012

‘Lost world’ dominated by Yeti crabs discovered in the Antarctic deep

Jeremy Hance 3 Jan 2012

Community mapping of African rainforests could show way forward for preservation, REDD

Jeremy Hance 1 Dec 2011

Thousands protest giant gold mine in Peru’s mountains

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2011

Brazilian mining giant cuts ties with pig-iron producer over deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2011

Cultural erosion among indigenous groups in Venezuela brings new risks for Caura rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2011

800 nearly-extinct giant snails freeze to death in conservation center

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2011

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