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Brazil sets a date to remove illegal miners from Munduruku land, more details await
Jenny Gonzales
6 Nov 2024
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Years after defeating a giant gold mine, activists in Colombia still fear for their lives
Juan Zuleta Valencia
29 Oct 2020
South African activist killed as contentious coal mine seeks to expand
Fred Kockott, Matthew Hattingh
28 Oct 2020
Court allows referendum on mining in the Ecuadoran Andes to go forward
Mayuri Castro
27 Oct 2020
Madagascar shuts down ‘illegal’ gold mine but activists remain in legal limbo
Edward Carver
21 Oct 2020
Madagascar’s top court criticizes government handling of mining project
Edward Carver
9 Oct 2020
Mining covers more than 20% of Indigenous territory in the Amazon
John Cannon
9 Oct 2020
More than 470 oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon since 2000: Report
Yvette Sierra Praeli
6 Oct 2020
Can the planet support a clean energy transition?
Mike Gaworecki
30 Sep 2020
With its mining boom past, Australia deals with the job of cleaning up
Manuela Callari
20 Aug 2020
Mining industry releases first standard to improve safety of waste storage
Ian Morse
6 Aug 2020
Canada not walking the talk on its miners’ abuses abroad, campaigners say
Chris Arsenault
24 Jul 2020
New report asks, do land titles help poor farmers?
John Cannon
22 Jul 2020
World Bank-funded factory farms dogged by alleged environmental abuses
John Cannon
16 Jul 2020
Cook Islands to grant seabed mining exploration licenses within a year
Monica Evans
17 Jun 2020
Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
16 Jun 2020
Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea
Ian Morse
22 May 2020
Mining company pressing to enter Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest
Ana Cristina Basantes
22 May 2020
Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss
John Cannon
14 May 2020
Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province
John Cannon
11 May 2020
Fracking effort closes in on impoverished Colombian communities
Mauricio Ochoa / Semana Sostenible
7 May 2020
Flooding devastates Ecuador’s indigenous communities in the Amazon
Aimee Gabay
1 May 2020
New database wrangles data on land rights projects around the globe
John Cannon
29 Apr 2020
On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit
Febriana Firdaus
21 Apr 2020
Decades-old mine in Bougainville exacts devastating human toll: Report
John Cannon
17 Apr 2020
Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon
John Cannon
8 Apr 2020
New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project
The Gecko Project and Mongabay
24 Mar 2020
Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin
John Cannon
23 Mar 2020
Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?
John Cannon
19 Mar 2020
Complaint alleges oil company left Peru communities’ environment in ruins
Mongabay.com
12 Mar 2020
Mortgaging the future: Report details risks of resource-backed loans
Mongabay.com
5 Mar 2020
Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts
John Cannon
2 Mar 2020
Companies leave communities to grapple with mining’s persistent legacy
John Cannon
28 Feb 2020
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