Many millions of years ago, a section of ocean was isolated in what would become the Andes. When it eventually receded, it ...

NUEVA FUERABAMBA, Peru (Reuters) - This remote town in Peru's southern Andes was supposed to serve as a model for how companies can help communities uprooted by mining. Named Nueva Fuerabamba, it was ...

Mutare residents living on the foothills of the Christmas Pass escarpment in Toronto and Penhalonga just outside the eastern ...

Bageshwar: Fear and frustration returned to mining-affected villages in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar after Supreme Court lifted ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The lawyer for a group of villagers in Thailand who won a 10-year lawsuit against a mining company for polluting their land and water says he is prepared to take further legal action if ...

More than five thousand families benefit directly from the two rivers. For years these families have relied on the two major rivers, which empty into the Indian ocean in Mozambique, for their day to ...

Madikeri: Locals are facing severe problems due to stone mining in the nearby Nerugale gram panchayat area of Yalakanur ...

They are demanding its cancellation to protect their water, jungle, and land. Security has been tightened outside the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. "I was equally shocked when youths in their early 20s traversed the entire village the ...

NGT orders Rajasthan to rehabilitate villagers harmed by limestone mining, providing financial aid for house damage and health impacts.

VILLAGERS in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, are resisting plans by the Chinese firm, Hong Ri, to establish a granite mining plant in the area. They cite environmental concerns and accuse the ...

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 June 2005, four journalists were assaulted in the Cajamarca region, northern Peru, by a group of villagers from the town of San Cirilo as they attempted to cover a meeting held ...