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Fishers from the community of Iguaiba, in the Alcântara Quilombo.

Rail and port project in Amazon wetland stirs angst among Quilombola fishers

Aimee Gabay 30 Jan 2025
The Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh.

Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal project: A catalog of worries (analysis)

Pham Phan Long 15 Jul 2024
A humpback whale

Expected ship traffic to LNG Canada port could see whale deaths also rise

Spoorthy Raman 18 Aug 2023

Indonesia eyes enrolling more ports in fight against illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 1 Jun 2023
Humboldt penguins in Peru. Image by Víctor Bautista via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Chile’s denial of Dominga port project is a just energy transition victory and lesson (commentary)

Daniel Gajardo 24 Jan 2023
A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

Indonesia cancels fisheries infrastructure projects in Maluku region amid lack of funds

Nurdin Tubaka 11 May 2022

In Nigeria, a decade of payoffs boosted global wildlife trafficking hub

Ini Ekott 4 Mar 2022

Wary welcome for Indonesia’s ‘green port’ initiative to clean up shipping

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2021
If the government’s plans come to fruition, the run-of-river dam at Estreito will be modified to incorporate a lock that would extend the waterway several hundred kilometres upstream. PAC collection at flickr.com; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

New transport infrastructure is opening the Amazon to global commerce

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Sep 2021
Rusting fishing trawler Fu Hai Yu 1111 in Sierra Leonean Waters. Image by Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace

Industrial fishing harbor plan raises a stink in Sierra Leone

Mohamed Fofanah 7 Sep 2021

Kenya port and ship-breaking projects threaten livelihoods and environment

Anthony Langat 25 Aug 2021
Palm Jumeriah, an artificial island, off the coast of Dubai. Photo credit: Zoom.Earth / Maxar Technologies

Humanity’s construction footprint in the seas amounts to 32,000 square kilometers

Allison Gasparini 4 Dec 2020

Multiplying Amazon river ports open new Brazil-to-China commodities routes

Manuela Andreoni; Diálogo Chino 19 Nov 2020
Satellite image of Tribugá, Colombia. Courtesy of Zoom.Earth.

Battle over proposed Colombian port at Tribugá puts sustainable development in focus

Dimitri Selibas 5 Oct 2020

Company investigated for timber trafficking gets stimulus from Peru government

Yvette Sierra Praeli 25 Aug 2020

‘I’ll never be ready for this port,’ locals say of Colombia’s proposed project

Kimberley Brown 8 Jun 2020

Bornean farmers and fishers brace as a new port opens in their midst

Aseanty Pahlevi 2 Jun 2020

Chilean authorities eye controversial Cruz Grande port project

Michelle Carrere 25 Mar 2020

Sumatran elephant sanctuary under threat from bridge, port projects

Taufik Wijaya 26 Aug 2019

Colombian investors push Pacific port project, threatening biodiversity hotspot

Taran Volckhausen 18 Jul 2019

Chile mine and port project nears approval despite scientific opposition

Michelle Carrere 31 Oct 2018

Singapore court: illicit timber trafficking through our ports not our problem

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2015

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