The outcome of a case to protect the Los Cedros Reserve from mining will set a precedent for all future Rights of Nature cases in Ecuador.
Rights of Nature in Ecuador Rebekah Hayden | 6th November 2020 | News Ecuador Los Cedros Forest Mining Extractivism Rights Of Nature Editor’s Picks Reserva los Cedros. Photo: Nicola Peel The outcome …
A Constitutional Protection Action could protect the Rights of Nature over the economic rights of transnational companies in Ecuador's Intag Valley.
Sanctuary for life in Ecuador Rebekah Hayden | 25th September 2020 | News Rights Of Nature Ecuador Forest Mining BHP SolGold Latin America Copper The Harlequin Frog (Atelopus longirostris). Photo: …
The struggle to save the Los Cedros Forest Reserve in Ecuador from mining will set huge precedent for biodiversity protections.
Saving Los Cedros is 'case of the century' Rebekah Hayden | 26th November 2020 | News Los Cedros Mining Ecuador Rights Of Nature Forest Conservation Los Cedros Forest Reserve. Photo: Rainforest …
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.
… or so." The Augusto Ruschi station of Marine Biology, established in Aracruz, Santa Cruz, …
The first country in the world write the 'rights of nature' or 'Pachamama' into its constitution is now being decimated by mining companies, argues JOHN SEED of The Rainforest Information Centre. The people of Ecuador, their government and the international community need to work together to preserve the country's unique ecosystems
Why Ecuador's rich biodiversity is under threat from mining interests John Seed | 1st March 2018 Comment Ecuador Mining Biodiversity Rainforest Information Centre …
Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in road and railway building with 33 huge 'development corridors' planned that threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas, writes Bill Laurance. We must block the most destructive plans and limit avoidable impacts on natural areas - before it's too late.
… a paper published late last year in Current Biology , my colleagues and I assess the …
Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, has personally attacked eco-defender Carlos Zorrilla in TV broadcasts for resisting a vast new copper mine in a precious area of pristine cloud forest, and opposing the advance of oil exploration into the Amazon. Fearful for his life, Zorilla is now seeking international support for his, and his community's, battle for land, water and the natural world.
Letter from Ecuador - where defending nature and community is a crime Carlos Zorrilla | 25th March 2015 News Ecuador Mining Ecocide Forests Commons Natural World wood-lizard-cut.jpg Secuity guards at …
As China pursues a startling array of energy, mining, logging, agricultural, transport and other infrastructure projects on virtually every continent, it is having an unprecedented impact on the planet, writes William Laurance. It's not that China is any worse than historic colonial powers - the difference is in the sheer scale and pace of environmental destruction, and the total lack of oversight under which Chinese mega-corporations operate.
… BBVA Frontiers in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award for his efforts to promote …
BHP is putting pressure on vulnerable ecosystems and communities in a mega-biodiverse region of Ecuador despite flaunting its commitment to environmental sustainability.
BHP's divide and conquer Liz Downes | 21st February 2020 News BHP Ecuador Intag Cloudforest Forest Mining Editor’s Picks Montane cloud forest view in the Toisán Range, in BHP’s Santa Teresa 2 …
Countries at the UN have agreed to start formal negotiations on a new 'legally binding instrument' to conserve the biological riches of the high seas that cover 45% of planet Earth, and ensure their sustainable use for the benefit of all mankind.
UN talks begin on a new law to save our oceans The Ecologist | 30th January 2015 News Oceans UK Law Fishing Mining Biodiversity Waste sunset-at-sea-cut.jpg Countries at the UN have agreed to start …
Governments and companies making no effort to quantify the real climate impacts
Emissions from tar sands seriously underestimated The Ecologist | 5th October 2009 News Tar Sands Climate Change Energy Coal Mining tarsands1.jpg Governments and companies making no effort to …
Ecuador's 'socialist' President Correa has unleashed a wave of repression at Andean communities seeking to protect their lands, forests and nature from open pit mining, writes Carlos Zorrilla. With most of biodiversity-rich Intag region conceded to international mining companies, the mood is one of rising fear and desperation in the countdown to next month's election.
Ecuador's 'progressive' extractivism - mining, ecocide and the silencing of dissent Carlos Zorrilla | 6th March 2017 News Ecuador Mining Politics Forests Indigenous Peoples intag-banner-cut.jpg …
For 16 years the Thai government has ignored the plight of a community where toxic lead mine waste is causing severe chronic poisoning - defying both a 2013 court order, and its international obligations. It's just one of many toxic sites across Thailand that need to be cleaned up - but the government's main concern is to encourage further industrialisation.
Thai communities poisoned by illegal lead mine waste The Ecologist | 22nd January 2015 News Thailand Mining Waste Toxics Indigenous Peoples Law klity-creek-tooth-brushing-cut.jpg For 16 years the …
From child-soldier to Netflix star, the Congolese park ranger has won his award for stopping oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. He talks to SOPHIE MORLIN-YRON
… mother. He then went back to school to study biology, as he "always wanted to be part of …
What's needed to pull the world's economy out of recession? According to the G20, it's a massive wave of 'infrastructure' development worth as much $70 trillion, writes Bill Laurance. But all the roads, mines, dams, pipelines and 'development corridors' will inflict massive damage on wildlife populations and natural havens, not to mention local communities that stand in the way.
… in the latest edition of the journal Current Biology . This follows on from another study I …
A vast bauxite mine in India that would destroy the 'sacred mountain' of the Dongria Kindh people has been quashed following a local referendum that decisively rejected the $8.1 billion project.
India saves 'Avatar tribe' from mine Oliver Tickell | 13th January 2014 News India Mining Bauxite Indogenous Peoples dongria-kondh-girls.png A vast bauxite mine in India that would destroy the …
Despite disturbing claims about the impact of uranium, ten-thousand proposals for exploration in the Grand Canyon area have been submitted. A key fuel for nuclear power, the US must now decide between full scale uranium mining, partial mining or a twenty year moratorium. Leana Hosia investigates
… Photo: Leana Hosea Assistant professor of biology, Dr Lee Greer, from Sierra Nevada …
Doima, a small town in the Colombian highlands, is on the front line of battle against a giant government-backed gold mine that would fill a nearby valley hundreds of metres deep in over a billion tonnes of mine waste. Hal Rhoades met Mariana Goméz Soto, an activist in Doima's campaign to defeat the mine project.
Gold is joy for one day - Mariana Goméz Soto Hal Rhoades Gaia Foundation | 21st October 2014 Comment Mining Farming Colombia Law mariana-gomez-soto-2-cut.jpg Doima protestor: 'The oysters of our own …
Farmer Joam Pím Evans describes how his community is resisting mining by reclaiming and reforesting common-lands in Galicia, Spain.
Regenerating the commons in Frojám, Galicia Joám Evans Pim | 11th May 2020 News Galicia Commons Spain Mining Extractivism Tungsten Frojám Community Commons Farmer Joam Pím Evans describes how his …