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A national park and its rangers in Bolivia endure persisting road construction, illegal mining

As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?

Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?

Tía María copper mine set to open in Peru despite community backlash

In Sonora, communities fight mining to defend their water

A year after toxic tar sands spill, questions remain for affected First Nation

Study to benchmark water quality finds key Amazon tributary in good shape

Global migratory freshwater fish populations plummet by 81%: Report

U.K. court to hear lawsuit for victims of Brazilian dam disaster

In the Pan Amazon, environmental liabilities of old mining have become economic liabilities

On World Otter Day, an uphill struggle for these creatures in Nepal

Mongabay investigation is turned into art for World Press Freedom Day event

Green credentials of electric vehicles come under fire

Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks

Can the circular economy help the Caribbean win its war against waste?

Canada oil sands air pollution 20-64 times worse than industry says: Study

Venezuela’s shrimp farms push for sustainability against hardship and oil spills

Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition

Pemex waste contaminates Mexican communities while talking ‘sustainability’

As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs

At its fourth summit, 170 nations strive toward a global plastics treaty by 2025

Education & research bring Rio’s dolphins back from the brink of extinction

What’s at stake for the environment in Panama’s upcoming election?

Indigenous Bolivians flee homes as backlash to mining protest turns explosive

Latest Peruvian oil spill cuts Indigenous communities from life-giving river

Indigenous community fights to save its lands on Indonesia’s historic tin island

Indigenous efforts to save Peru’s Marañon River could spell trouble for big oil

Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution

Rainwater reserves a tenuous lifeline for Sumatran community amid punishing dry season

One of Colombia’s largest estuary ecosystems is drying up, communities warn

Beneath the surface, a toxic tide threatens Bangladesh’s water lifeline

Global cobalt rush drives toxic toll near DRC mines

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