What causes tailings dam - an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there industry solutions?
… News Tailings Dam Brazil Disaster Regulations Mining Change Makers … embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there … solutions? Brazil witnessed its worst ever mining disaster earlier this year, after …
Communities and NGOs call out mining giant Anglo American on Amazon mining plans and Covid-19 response
… Mining the Amazon and pandemic profiteering London Mining Network | 6th May 2020 Comment Anglo American Mining Covid London Brazil Chile Peru Colombia …
Legislation put forward by Brazil's re-elected President Dilma Rousseff would open up to 10% of protected areas to mining, writes Luke Parry. The effect would be to gut nature conservation in Brazil, already in a perilous state due to underfunding and growing pressure for the development of mines, dams, farms and plantations.
… of national parks and indigenous lands face mining threat Luke Parry | 7th November 2014 News Mining Brazil Law Politics Forests Indigenous … would open up to 10% of protected areas to mining, writes Luke Parry. The effect would be …
In Rio Grande do Sul alone there are more than 150 mining projects that may leverage Brazil's new environmental code to their advantage.
… Mega-mining threatens Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul … Marcos Todt | 24th February 2020 News Brazil Mining s4l0otdmyaxwekbsiledtevrivoo4jcr.jpg In … Grande do Sul alone there are more than 150 mining projects that may leverage Brazil's new …
Brazilian activists continue to campaign for justice two years on from the Brumadinho mining disaster in Brazil.
… Saul Jones | 28th January 2021 | Comment Mining Brumadinho Tailings Dam Mine Waste … for justice two years on from the Brumadinho mining disaster in Brazil. For two years now, … loved ones and seeing only mud. Brazilian mining giant Vale has constructed mining …
Vigil outside Brazil Embassy to remember those killed in mining waste dam disaster.
… 2020 News Brumadinho Vigil Disaster Brazil Mining Waste Change Makers … Brazil Embassy to remember those killed in mining waste dam disaster. A dam containing iron ore mining waste collapse d on 25 January 2019 …
Left-wing, progressive politicians hold sway across Latin America, writes Benjamin Dangl. But defying their own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging development. Now they face growing resistance from small farmers and indigenous peoples.
… Peru Argentina Uruguay Brazil Ecuador Bolivia Mining Indigenous Peoples Politics Religion … own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging … forward with extractive industries - in mining, oil and gas operations - without …
Brazil has suffered its biggest ever industrial disaster, write Ana Luisa Naghettini & Geraldo Lopes. Breached and overflowing dams have released a massive slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river system that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying ecosystems in rivers and vast areas of biologically fragile ocean.
… News Water Waste Pollution Brazil Ecocide Law Mining Corporations brazil-dam-mud-cut.jpg … slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river … on 5th November, a mud dam burst from the mining enterprise Samarco, a joint venture of …
Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma, writes Daniel Macmillen - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable development path that puts ecology, equity and justice first. Their answer - a constant pushing back of the resource frontier.
… Cile Venezuela Bolivia Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Mining Society Politics Development … programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a … leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects, resist the short-termist …
A team of Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) academics is marking the international day of action for rivers by hanging out the dirty laundry of a very dirty company.
… Saes EnvJustice | 14th March 2019 News Brazil Mining Disaster Dam Thought Leaders … Vale is the company behind a recent massive mining incident in Brazil. The failure of … conflicts in the world related to Vale S.A.’s mining and infrastructure projects. The …
It's not that Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's ousted President, was wonderful for the environment, writes Ed Atkins. It's that Michel Temer's new regime is certain to be far worse. Plans are afoot to weaken environmental assessments for large projects like mines, roads and dams. And the new Minister of Agriculture is a notorious campaigner for hugely increased deforestation.
… Lula, deforestation returned , large-scale mining and agriculture was expanded, and more … can be chopped down for crops, cattle and mining, with the products sold abroad. As of … areas in the Amazon were of interest to mining companies. These lands - protected by …
Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration
… | 15th August 2011 News Rainforest Brazil Mining Hydropower Water Energy amazon.jpg When … largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration The Kayapó chief stands, … region in the coming decades. First dams then mining The obvious argument in favor of …
Belém in Brazil will host the COP30 international climate summit. But the city is struggling to deal with basic environmental and health issues.
… riches through destructive ventures like mining, land grabbing, and logging. "Although … exposing unsettling details regarding illicit mining operations occurring in the state of … Conflicts IDEFLOR-Bio issued a license to the mining company Mineração Carará, permitting …
A train line brings workers - and COVID-19 - to the Awa Guajá community, threatening their survival. Part 2 of 2.
… 2022 | News Amazon Rainforest Indigenous Mining Brazil … when they mention the invaders and the mining company. The horror is happening now. … make their life this desperate. Such as the mining company Vale which on one day gives …
As the World Cup gets under way in Brazil, Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa told Liam J Shaughnessy about the very different world he inhabits, deep in the Amazon rainforest - a world of bright spirits, ancient knowledge, union with nature. And a world under threat.
… and the forest. "And there is large scale mining. News is arriving about a quest for large scale mining." If we are all to live well we need to … to open vast swathes of the ancient Amazon to mining and hydroelectricity does pose a huge …
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit. And as Paul Brown writes, the damage is spreading well beyond Amazonia itself ...
… of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is … contaminants including mercury from gold-mining. "Large-scale deforestation is … not benefit, and the profits from minerals, mining and agriculture are siphoned out of the …
Today, the Chief of the Paiter Surui indigenous people in the state of Rondônia, Brazil has issued the following plea for help to stop illegal logging and mining on their lands. The letter is unedited.
… Brazil Deforestation Amazon Illegal Logging Mining … plea for help to stop illegal logging and mining on their lands. The letter is unedited. …
Survivors of a previously unknown Amazon tribe have escaped gunmen in Peru, seeking refuge with settled indigenous communities in Brazil. But as Alice Bayer reports, their problems are far from over. Many remain under threat in Peru, and even the refugees are at risk of common but potentially lethal infections.
… News Brazil Peru Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining Health funai-6-cut.jpg Survivors of a … and encroachment on their lands by logging, mining, oil and gas companies and …
Brazil's election on 28 October could give Jair Bolsonaro license to open up the Amazon to agriculture and mining.
… to open up the Amazon to agriculture and mining. We’re all staring down the barrel of a … to open up the Amazon for agriculture and mining. According to him, there will “not be …
Brazil's environment minister Ricardo Salles has been met with opposition at every stage of his European tour.
… steal their territories for logging, mining and agribusiness and “assimilate” them … by fire as he meets with c ompanies with mining and fossil fuel interests . Minister …
As gold miners face eviction from Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon, a rising tempo of death threats have been directed against the shaman Davi Kopenawa following his successful campaign.
… 2014 News Brazil Indigenous Peoples Forests Mining davi-parliament-cut.jpg As gold miners … hundreds of illegal miners and to destroy mining infrastructure in February 2014. Davi, …
A constitutional amendment that would allow 'strategic' public works including dams, roads, mines and other mega-projects to go ahead following the mere completion of an environmental impact assessment is being considered by a Committee of the Brazilian Senate, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson.
Brazil: rules protecting Amazon under threat Helle Abelvik-Lawson | 27th May 2016 News Brazil Forests Development Politics Law tapajos-cut.jpg A constitutional amendment that would allow 'strategic' …
The new Brazilian Forest Code proposes to relax land regulation in the Amazon rainforest which will increase logging, cattle ranching and other destructive activities. Tell President Dilma to veto the decision before it is too late
… destroyed or deforested for cattle ranches, mining operations, logging or agriculture. … and the WWF see the New Forest Code as undermining global efforts to combat climate change … largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE A …
Last December Brazil's indigenous Peoples defeated the PEC 215 constitutional amendment that was meant to open up their territories for agribusiness, mining, power generation and industry, writes Chris Lang. But now, thanks to 'Chainsaw Queen' Kátia Abreu, minster of agriculture, it's back on the agenda ... and resistance is growing once again.
… open up their territories for agribusiness, mining, power generation and industry, writes … protected areas, such as: hydroelectric dams, mining, extensive agribusiness, the building …