A US-backed billion-dollar gold mine has attracted thousands of protestors in recent weeks. Many have the poor economic legacy of existing mines fresh in their minds, reports Gervase Pouldon in Cajamarca, Peru
… join protest against Peru's largest ever mining project Gervase Poulden | 17th January 2012 News Mining Natural World Gold Peru Indigenous … Rights 480x360-(2).jpg Protests against the mining project have been supported by the …
Moves by unknown shell companies to control lucrative natural resources may have cost Democratic Republic of Congo $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to explain deals
… Brett Scott | 9th February 2012 News Glencore Mining Gold Africa Politics And Economics … $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to … to set up operations there. In the lucrative mining sector it is often the mining ‘juniors’ …
The lure of deep sea mining in the Pacific and Indian oceans could mean the destruction of species only just discovered on the ocean floor
… the new species threatened by deep-sea mining Bethany Hubbard | 20th February 2012 News Deep Sea Mining Hydrothermal Vents Energy Natural World … as this Kiwa hairy crab The lure of deep sea mining in the Pacific and Indian oceans could …
A new film, To the Light, exposes the cost in human health and lives of China's coal-fired power boom
… the world's deadliest profession. Coal mining has always been dangerous. Scores die each year in mining accidents in the US. But this figure … of these families have been shattered by coal mining tragedies over the years. In the film, …
The veteran campaigner talks to the Ecologist about the ongoing struggle to secure indigenous land rights and how he successfully took the Colombian government to court
… Natural World Amazon Indigenous Rights Mining Deforestation Climate Change And Energy … Colombian government do to aid your campaign? Mining is a big threat. In the last two years … there have been about 2,000 requests for mining titles in the Amazon. The previous …
The Dayak Benua community of Muara Tae, Indonesia, are fighting to protect their ancestral forests from a mining company. The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has now launched a campaign to assist
… in Kalimantan, Indonesia looking at the coal mining area that used to be their forests. … to protect their ancestral forests from a mining company. The London-based Environmental … after the clearance of surrounding land, the mining company started moving into the Dayak …
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The economic plan of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for 2013-2019 promotes the exploitation of mineral deposits in the Sierra de Perijá, an area that is extremely high in biodiversity, and home to the indigenous Yukpa people....
… Last stand of the Yukpa? LAMMP (Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme) | 6th December … ranging from deforestation, agribusiness and mining to drug trafficking. Its shared border … Colombiana (FARC). However, it is the mining operations that pose the most serious …
Forest communities are fighting increasing incursions onto their land by US oil companies. Now the Belizean government is seeking to reverse a court ruling preventing them allowing oil exploration, logging or mining. Robin Llewellyn reports from Belize
… them allowing oil exploration, logging or mining. Robin Llewellyn reports from Belize In … logging, prospecting or exploration, mining or similar activity under the Forests … $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to …
As a child growing up in the remote highlands of West Papua, we often heard stories from the elders about how our ancestors' spirits lived in the mountains and forests. How they would cry if they saw what is happening today...
… relations with the military to protect their mining interests in my people's lands – the …
Not just a luxury, massage can reduce stress, tension and immune system baddie, cortisol. But not everyone can afford a weekly back rub so the Ecologist joined the students at Neal’s Yard Remedies to find out how to do it DIY style
Make mine a massage: how the power of touch can give you better health Ruth Styles | 6th March 2012 Ethical Living Massage Neals Yard Remedies Health Aromatherapy Health And Beauty Holistic Natural …
Peru is set to embark on a major expansion of gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon - a move which could decimate Indigenous peoples, both those in ‘voluntary isolation’ and others in the early stages of contact. David Hill reports
… , a magazine published by Peru’s National Mining, Energy and Oil Society, in July. "Our …
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
… lives and health. Also land destroyed by mining and other huge projects. TL: Is there … money from the environment, the dams project, mining. They just want to destroy the … there is a lot there. But there are lot of mining and factory projects in West China, so …
Row over ‘unethical’ London 2012 sponsorship continues as campaigners target BP, Rio Tinto and Dow Chemicals
BP, Dow and Rio Tinto targeted by Olympic ‘greenwash’ award Mark Briggs | 16th April 2012 News Olympic Sponsor Bp Rio Tinto Dow Chemicals Greenwash Bhopal News Focus London olympics.jpg BP, Dow …
China's least talked about crime against Tibet is the damage to the Tibetan plateau: dams, deforestation, mining, poaching and the dumping of nuclear waste. And it is impacting on all of us
… to the Tibetan plateau: dams, deforestation, mining, poaching and the dumping of nuclear … deforestation, overgrazing, uncontrolled mining, nuclear waste dumping, soil erosion …
The once bustling Bagmati river has become the focal point of Nepal’s struggle to bring modernity to this once isolated region. And the environment is struggling to survive, writes Joseph Mayton.
… to really understand the affects that mining and over-working the land has had on … the groundwater pollution as a result of mining has made it difficult to change what is …
A bold new initiative is designed to raise public awareness of the issue of biodiversity and the need to incorporate native species back within London
… mountains under threat from open cast coal mining Almudena Serpis reports on the … taking action against the expansion of coal mining in the beautiful and ecologically …
The disconnect between what oil and petrol companies say is happening in East Africa and what global bodies, international NGOs, academics, activists and ecologists say is going on should worry us all, writes Thembi Mutch
… as a result of the lessons learned in gold mining, the Tanzanian government is asking for … in Africa, but the waste created from mining, including oil and natural gas, is not. … themselves, such as ‘overburden’ from mining activities. (‘Overburden’ is the term …
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports
… $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to …
Combining stress-busting know how with Ayurvedic tradition, Dr Wakde’s Natural Health Clinic is the place to go when you need a natural solution for stress and aches, says a revitalised Ruth Styles
Review: Backache Therapy Massage with Ozone Steam Ruth Styles | 21st May 2012 Ethical Living Massage Health And Beauty Ayurveda Green Living Treatment Reviews Natural Remedies Healing holding.jpg …
From slave labour to armed conflict, our thirst for natural resources has created serious problems for Africa. Pádraig Carmody’s latest book attempts to unravel the moral morass, says Mark Newton
… the material. What’s more, much of the coltan mining operation occurs in two world heritage …
Cement manufacturers are among the world’s biggest polluters and produce more emissions per capita than aviation. So how can you ensure that the cement you use isn’t wrecking the planet?
Eco cement: the world's favourite building material gets a green-over Paul Miles | 14th February 2012 Ethical Living Home Cement Building Construction PassivHaus Portland Cement Society Green Living …