Indonesian government accused of putting lives at risk with zinc mine permit
In an area prone to natural disasters, residents claim a new mining project has damaged homes and livelihoods and left them fearing for their safety
December 2022
Illegal tree felling in England to be punishable with jail and uncapped fines
Access to green space must be priority for land use in England, peers say
November 2022
Mass evictions at Angkor Wat leave 10,000 families facing uncertain future
Cambodian government claims ‘voluntary relocations’ needed for Unesco status, but stallholders say they are being forced out of the site
Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai leaders
The pastoralists had been detained over the death of a police officer during protests against government plans to evict them from ancestral land
‘Why do we have no rights?’: Phnom Penh lake community make a last stand against developers
Cambodian capital has lost more than half its lakes to a housing boom – but a group of women are risking jail to fight against land grabs and evictions
October 2022
Land clearing at Queensland’s Deebing Creek angers Indigenous protesters
‘Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights’ as court dismisses Maasai herder claim
September 2022
Mexican tourism boom: Tulum’s locals fight evictions as developers move in
The age of extinction
More than 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade – report
Dozens starstruck at Northumberland dark skies mass trespass
Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’
August 2022
‘They attacked with machetes’: murder, mafias and illegal mining in Peru’s gold fields
Rising gold prices have led to increasingly violent land grabs, with rightful owners left to defend themselves and the rainforest from attack
The most damaging farm products? Organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb
Analysis: You may be amazed by that answer, but the area of land used for grazing is vast compared with the meat and milk produced
