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Green sacrifice zones: The places ruined by the energy transition

The green transition is leaving communities behind and creating green sacrifice zones. Here’s how we can ensure a just transition.

 
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Can mining ever be sustainable?

From carbon emissions to water use to human rights abuses, mining is a dirty business. Here’s how the industry can clean up its act.

 
Looking up into the Peruvian Amazon. Anna & Michal, Flickr

U.N. science panel releases initial findings of upcoming overview of the Amazon

An international panel of 200 scientists has called for a halt to Amazon deforestation, warning that the rainforest stands on the brink of a tipping point.

 
Lago Agrio, Nueva Loja, Ecuador

Fast facts: the Amazon biome

The Amazon biome is home to up to 30% of the world’s known species. Here’s all you need to know about the world’s most diverse ecosystem.

 
The Marañón river, Peru’s second-longest river and mainstem source of the Amazon River. Indigenous peoples reliant on its waters are fighting for the river to have recognized rights. Ministerio del Ambiente, Flickr

In Peru, the path to achieving rights of nature winds like the rivers it seeks to protect

In Peru, a look inside the Indigenous movement fighting for rights of nature, making ecosystems subjects for state protection.

 
An 18th century gold coin, now held by the Banco Central do Brasil, from the Portuguese-led gold rush in the Amazon. Nationale Bank van Belgie

Talking about a revolution: What ‘clean’ gold mining would mean for the Amazon

Renewal of the gold mining industry hinges on regulation, Indigenous rights and due diligence in order to protect the Amazon and its people.

 
Movements for equity are joining forces around the world, crossing-cutting issues such as climate, race and health. Marcus Spiske, Flickr

#BLM and climate justice join forces, the Arctic heats, and COVID-19 gear fills oceans

In this news roundup: new dates for COP 26, world’s largest electric aircraft takes off, and Extinction Rebellion meets Black Lives Matter

 
At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
Tarvurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea, one of two countries to support a proposed decade-long moratorium on Pacific Ocean seabed mining. Taro Taylor, Flickr

Should we mine the Pacific Ocean’s seabed?

Island states the weigh the financial revenues of mining the Pacific Ocean for minerals against biodiversity and environmental impacts.

 

Going against the flow to clean up Native American landscapes

Janene Yazzie takes on radioactive river pollution and human rights

 

Mine compensation process in Africa should protect women’s rights, WoMin group urges

System "critically flawed"

 
Plied Kingfisher in Haller Park forest, Mombasa, Kenya

How a Kenyan cement company turned a barren landscape into an eden

Back to nature

 

Mining firms start to worry about long-term impacts – But do they understand them?

Mining activities, whether artisanal or industrial in scale, result in two types of environmental and social impacts: primary impacts and secondary impacts.

 

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