Industrial logging in the world's second largest rainforest is out of control, writes Raoul Monsembula, and spells disaster for both wildlife and forest people. There is an alternative: community forestry has just been enshrined in law. But resources must be committed to law enforcement in Congo and abroad, and to empowering forest communities.
… End the Congo logging chaos for rainforest, people and … Africa | 1st June 2015 Comment Forests Congo Africa Indigenous Peoples Law Regulation … must be committed to law enforcement in Congo and abroad, and to empowering forest …
Technology companies should be honest with customers about the origin of the metals in their products, says NGO Global Witness
… Mobile phone metals fuelling Congo war The Ecologist | 17th February 2010 … Society Science And Technology Mobile Phones Congo Minerals drc picture.jpg Global Witness … mineral mining is fuelling war in eastern Congo Technology companies should be honest …
A new 'carbon grab' is under way as governments and corporations seize valuable rights to the carbon stored in standing forests, with UN and World Bank support. But there's no benefit for forest communities - who even risk expulsion to make way for 'carbon plantations',
… and soil regardless of who lives there. From Congo to Indonesia, governments claim forest … For example, in the countries of the Congo basin - which collectively contain the …
Imagine you’re walking along and notice a flash from the ground. You look down and you’ve stumbled upon gold. You think your luck has changed, what’s shining back at you is a life of luxury, problems over. Except if you’re Luis Arteaga, a 95 year-old father of 10 in Honduras.
… travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Annie Bungeroth documented the … the north east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to one of the world's richest …
Campaign groups on the verge of leaving international diamond trade body because of failures to prevent military takeovers of mines, worker deaths and systematic smuggling
… necessary. NEWS Mobile phone metals fuelling Congo war Technology companies should be …
Janine Roberts describes how De Beers cons the world into paying so much for its cheap, plentiful diamonds and turns a blind eye to the eradication of the oldest culture on the planet.
… such as Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo being labelled ‘conflict’ or ‘blood’ … that De Beers-contracted mines in the Congo are supplying both themselves and the … Beers of violating ethical guidelines in the Congo. 2003 The South African Justice and …
How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.
… of the Mbuti for their Ituri forest in the Congo is vividly described by Colin Turnbull … around 120,000 forest-dwelling people in the Congo, Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia and … The Bantu people on the verges of the Congo rainforest, for instance, have been …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Communautaire des Femmes Autochtones du Congo), Democratic Republic of Congo Africando, Spain ALDEAH (Alternatives au …
Natural resources,are increasingly responsible for fuelling violence across the world. Now some environmentalists want to fight back – using force if necessary.
… Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), died shortly after being shot. He …
When Martin Cradick and Su Hart travelled to West Africa in 1992, little did they know the journey would set their lives on a whole new direction, writes Matthew Newsome. Inspired by the Baka people of Cameroon's rainforest and the joy that resonates through their music, they are now dedicated to saving this vulnerable people using their magical music to reach into people's hearts.
… people of the rainforests of Cameroon and Congo with English musical traditions from …
The free-flowing Salween is the last big undammed river in Southeast Asia, home to a flurry of endangered species including tigers and clouded leopards, writes Tom Fawthrop in Hpa-an, Karen State, Myanmar. And thanks to support from both the indigenous Karen people, and senior officials in China who see the huge ecotourism potential of the river and its dramatic gorge, it could just stay that way.
… and new dams popping up in the Amazon, the Congo and along the Mekong, it is hard to find …
Based on current performance tropical forests, the world's most biodiverse ecosystems, are set to be reduced to species-impoverished fragments by the end of the century, writes Simon Lewis. But it's not inevitable. Decisive action by the world's governments in Paris in December could secure desperately needed change.
… in the interior of Amazonia, in central Congo and the heart of Borneo are all coveted …
As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, writes Tim Radford, new research shows that the planned destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate.
… Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo." The authors also found that nearly 20% …
As we remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this month 71 years ago, we have largely forgotten the racist propaganda that made it possible, writes LINDA PENZ GUNTER. We have likewise sanitised history to exclude the voices of African Americans who loudly protested the use of nuclear weapons, connecting them to American colonialism abroad and racism at home.
… obtaining uranium from the Belgian-controlled Congo to France's testing a nuclear weapon in …
A new wave of ruthless conquistadors has arrived in Peru, write Aldo Orellana Lopez and Philippa de Boissière - global corporations after minerals, oil, gas, timber, land ... And instead of brandishing the Bible and the sword, they proclaim high sounding policies on environment and human rights, while co-opting police and politicians in their pillage of resources.
… such as Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bolivia and Colombia, as well as in …
With the Kimberley Process in a state of paralysis over Zimbabwean diamonds, consumers can no longer be sure they’re buying ethical jewels. Ahead of a BBC Panorama investigation into the issue, Rosie Spinks reports
… held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The dozen African and …
Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict.
… Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), among others. Most recently it …
At the 'United for Wildlife' conference in Botswana, backed by princes Charles and William, Indigenous organizations from around the world are calling on world leaders to recognize tribal peoples' right to hunt for subsistence.
… Baka and Bayaka 'Pygmies' in the Republic of Congo have been beaten and tortured by …