The Amazon rainforest was one of the biggest natural wonders of the world. It was one of the last remaining natural fronts that was not extensively disturbed by human activities. However, recent ...

Beneath the rising sun, people from nearby Indigenous communities navigate across the Vaupés River in traditional wooden ...

A letter Monday from the groups to the Bitterroot National Forest asks the U.S. Forest Service to reject the operations plan to look for valuable minerals at the headwaters of the Bitterroot River.

DULUTH — Copper-nickel mining would pose an environmental risk the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness if conducted within the same watershed, the U.S. Forest Service said in a draft environmental ...

India's efforts to protect forests and hills amidst protests against mining and environmental threats in 2025.

WASHINGTON – The avalanche of letters – about 198,000 – that poured into the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that will help decide the future of mining in the Rainy River Watershed overwhelmed the ...

Ghana’s forest cover is undergoing degradation driven largely by mining activities, according to new findings presented at the 28th Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institute of Foresters in Kumasi ...

As the Trump administration continues to reduce federal oversight, a Canadian mining company has finally submitted an ...

New research looking at Amazon artisanal gold mining in Guyana has found that the destroyed Amazon forest at mining sites shows no sign of recovery three to four years after a mine pit and tailings ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree to allow projects including mining, power plants, transport and renewable energy deemed strategically important to ...

Forest-smart mining approaches are required to minimize the direct and indirect impacts of mining on forests. Through its Climate-Smart Mining Initiative, the World Bank Group raises awareness of ...

CHENNAI, India, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the forests of Bastar in eastern India, indigenous women have been busy plucking the tan-coloured fruits of the tamarind tree - a tangy staple ...