Organized crime and illicit economies emerged in 2025 as major drivers worsening deforestation across the Amazon region in ...

Global mining activity is increasingly destroying forests, including protected areas, according to a recent analysis. Between 2001 and 2020, nearly 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of tree ...

Ghana bans mining in forest reserves, reversing 2022 law Civil groups welcome repeal but urge strong enforcement, legal amendments Concerns persist over existing permits and major mining projects ...

Illegal mining activities in Lebak District, Banten, are considered to pose a serious threat to environmental sustainability ...

From above, the Amazon rainforest appears as a dense, emerald-green paradise, but as the plane descends, the damaged landscape becomes visible with its gaping wounds carved by illegal gold mining.

The National Board for Wildlife’s clearance for iron ore handling inside the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary has reignited ...

Despite its huge natural endowments, Taraba State sits on the lowest rungs of the human development index in Nigeria. Among these endowments are rich forests and mineral resources. Our Taraba State ...

The Government clearly maintains that there is no imminent threat to the Aravallis ecology. Ongoing afforestation, ...

When 26-year-old Sulemana Fuseini Ziama set out for the Offin Shelter Forest Reserve on that fateful day with 23 other members of the Forest Commission’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) to clamp down on ...