Mining corporations, politicians and big NGOs are meeting in London today to plan the future of extractive industries in Africa, write Nnimmo Bassey & Sheila Berry. Absent African civil society and impacted communities, delegates are setting an agenda for 'resource-led development' that will cook the continent in the greenhouse gases of its plundered oil, gas and coal.
Let them eat carbon! The corporate plan to cook Africa in its own fossil fuels Nnimmo Bassey Sheila Berry | 17th March 2015 Comment Africa Development Fossil Fuels Mining Oil Coal Ecocide Climate …
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.
The dark legacy of China's drive for global resources William Laurance | 11th April 2017 News China Africa Development Mining Transport Biodiversity Forests china-road-africa-cut.jpg As China pursues …
Demolishing 'sink' council estates is no way to solve social problems, writes Loretta Lees. All it does is force low income communities out of affordable housing, and open valuable urban sites up for profitable redevelopment. But then, maybe that's the point?
Cameron's 'sink estate' strategy - social cleansing by another name? Loretta Lees | 24th January 2016 Comment Cities Society Development UK Politics Community council-estate-cut.jpg Demolishing …
Microfinance - lending poor people small sums to capitalise sustainable, profitable livelihoods and businesses - is widely lauded as a 'good thing'. And at its best, so it is. But some micro-lenders in south Asia operate with the methods, and ethics, of loan sharks, write David Hulme & Mathilde Maitrot. Can microfinance save its soul?
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Destruction of 76 square kilometres of forests, lakes and farmland is proceeding north of Istanbul for the city's third airport, writes Rosie Bridger. But the gigantic ‘aerotropolis' project is vigorously opposed by local farmers and residents, and an urban resistance fighting other ecologically destructive megaprojects across the beautiful, biodiverse region - both on the streets and in the courts.
Campaigners resist destruction of Istanbul forests and wetlands for airport megaproject Rose Bridger | 25th July 2015 News Turkey Resistance Transpaort Development Politics trucks in the airport …