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Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024

Isolated Indigenous Mashco Piro men and boys on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon. Image courtesy of Survival International.

Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro

Dan Collyns 4 Sep 2024

The indelible traces of oil and gas in the Peruvian, Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Aug 2024

Makonga (in blue), who died in June this year, walking among the rubble of his former home.

In the DRC, a government commission is taking funds owed to people relocated by mines

Didier Makal 20 Aug 2024

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Jul 2024

Industrial minerals in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Jul 2024

U.K. court to hear lawsuit for victims of Brazilian dam disaster

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jun 2024

Rainforest in Panama. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

How real action on environmental justice comes from Latin America’s community alliances (commentary)

Rebecca Wilson and Eliana Lafone 3 Jun 2024

Environmental defenders paid the price during Panama’s historic mining protests – report

Maxwell Radwin 14 May 2024

Pemex waste contaminates Mexican communities while talking ‘sustainability’

Sarah Sax 14 May 2024

Is the extractive sector really favorable for the Pan Amazon’s economy?

Timothy J. Killeen 8 May 2024

State management and regulation of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 2 May 2024

Indigenous Bolivians flee homes as backlash to mining protest turns explosive

Maxwell Radwin 29 Apr 2024

Global cobalt rush drives toxic toll near DRC mines

Alex Shaw 27 Mar 2024

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Extractives News

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro

The indelible traces of oil and gas in the Peruvian, Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon

In the DRC, a government commission is taking funds owed to people relocated by mines

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

Industrial minerals in the Pan Amazon

U.K. court to hear lawsuit for victims of Brazilian dam disaster

How real action on environmental justice comes from Latin America’s community alliances (commentary)

In a village divided, farmers stall massive copper mine in Colombian Andes

Sustainability in the extractive industries is a paradox

Honduran environmental defenders hit hard by human rights crisis, report says

Green credentials of electric vehicles come under fire

Environmental defenders paid the price during Panama’s historic mining protests – report

Pemex waste contaminates Mexican communities while talking ‘sustainability’

Is the extractive sector really favorable for the Pan Amazon’s economy?

State management and regulation of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Indigenous Bolivians flee homes as backlash to mining protest turns explosive

Global cobalt rush drives toxic toll near DRC mines