Ghana could gain close to US$80 billion from mining in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, however, the cost to the environment would be devastating.Read the full article
Regulated artisanal mining is now a reality in the mine city of Kimberley. Yet, despite the benefits of becoming legal, convincing miners in other parts is still no easy task: they are aware that their activity is illegal, and many are living in the country without [...]Read the full article
“The privatisation of the power industry is one of the biggest barriers to the government’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions.”Read the full article
Could city-based environmental movements drive climate-action in Poland, even without support at a national level?Read the full article
Affected by the war, the economic crisis, corruption, monopolisation of the sector by energy giant DTEK and unpaid wages, coal miners in state-owned mines face an uncertain future in the region.Read the full article
When mines are reconverted, many factors come into play, both environmental and economic. Municipalities, citizens, investors: everyone has to be behind the project before any approval procedures start.Read the full article
While the new mining code may have ensured the government get more returns, recent developments suggest these will remain in a few select hands, and that deals continue to be made between powerful individuals behind closed doors.Read the full article
In the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, Venezuela is gripped by gold fever. Venezuelans are flocking by the hundreds to the Orinoco Mining Arc and the environment is paying the price in the form of deforestation and mercury-polluted [...]Read the full article
Why does a country that approves and leads climate action promote, in parallel, development based on extractivism - an option that undermines the rights of the people?Read the full article
“What we want is equality, and that equality should also apply to decision-making. In this struggle, we want to stand alongside men and not be sidelined, to make decisions, particularly regarding our land.”Read the full article
“There is a deeply unjust imbalance: a victim of a multinational cannot apply to any court for justice, while a multinational can turn against states via private arbitration tribunals.”Read the full article
In our globalised economy, as consumers and citizens, we are increasingly confronted with the impact of our purchases on the lives and health of those who produce and make our food and day-to-day objects.Read the full article
