Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand.

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...

Gold mining operations along the border of West Pokot and Turkana Counties have been indefinitely suspended following the deaths of 12 individuals over the past three months.

Here are various cases of mining activities in Indonesia that cause environmental damage and disrupting the ecosystem.

Biologist Mike Ross, balanced in a canoe beneath a star-filled sky in central Zambia, slaps the water with a net attached to ...

Some streams and rivers feed dams that supply water for use by urban councils. Legislation is in place for the penalties that mining companies face should they cause pollution to sources of water.

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.

Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining ...

A 2023 report by the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project showed growing deforestation and mining activity creeping into Nanay headwaters, even in protected areas.