Extractive industries

A Dumagat village in the forest

The Dumagat Food Producers Resisting Philippines' Extractive Industries

Daniel Asido

Josefina, environmental leader

Jungle Mothers: Josefina Tunki, President of a People That Resists the Destruction of the Amazon

Jorge Basilago

Verónica, environmental defender

Jungle Mothers: Verónica Grefa, a Young Kichwa Leader Forged Amid Environmental Disasters in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Jorge Basilago

Indigenous leader

Jungle Mothers: Diana Tanguila and Her Fight Against Extractivism in Arajuno, Ecuador

Jorge Basilago

women leaders

Jungle Mothers: Indigenous Women in the Amazon Are Frontline Defenders of Their Ancestral Territories

Jorge Basilago

An encaged jaguar at the Quistococha Zoo in Iquitos, Peru. Much of the wildlife at the facility is rescued from the wildlife trade, one of the key areas of environmental crime. (Image: Karin Pezo / Alamy)

New Global Initiative Aims to Step Up Fight Against Environmental Crime

Fermin Koop

A boat with a group of men onboard depart from the sandy bank of a river

Part 1: India’s Yamuna River Faces a 'Slow Death' From Sand Mining

Varsha Singh

Mining vehicle

Has mining benefitted Rennell Atoll?

Charley Piringi

The deadly rubies of Mozambique's Montepuez

The deadly rubies of Mozambique's Montepuez

The end of the Amazon Rainforest has a date: 2260

The end of the Amazon Rainforest has a date: 2260

Concerns over unimplemented UNEP Ogoniland report, 4 years later

Concerns over unimplemented UNEP Ogoniland report, 4 years later

Will China 'export' GHG emissions through overseas investment?

Will China 'export' GHG emissions through overseas investment?

Fabiola Ortiz

Where’s the off switch for Nigerian energy waste?

Where’s the off switch for Nigerian energy waste?

In the Name of Gold

Henrique Kugler

Proposed Gold Mine in Baja Splits Miners and Farmers

Proposed Gold Mine in Baja Splits Miners and Farmers

U.S. company's open pit gold mine in UNESCO reserve in Mexico raises concerns

U.S. company's open pit gold mine in UNESCO reserve in Mexico raises concerns