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Conflict

In Brazil’s Cerrado, an iron ore mine looms over traditional communities

A planned project to produce iron ore for export faces opposition from residents decrying a lack of consultation and threats of displacement

Lilian Caramel

close up of a clump of oysters in a gloved hand

Biodiversity

Restoring Hong Kong's oyster reefs: a photo story

Brazilian smallholders , Evanir and Danilo Pertile, an elderley couple, stand in front of a fence bordering a soybean plantation

Deforestation

How soy took over family settlements in the Amazon

boast on a dry lakebed

Climate adaptation

Geoengineering in Latin America may create more problems than it solves

A man sits on a bench suspended in a metal cage used to traverse a river, a village and mountains in the background

Hydropower

Opinion: India raises the heat on the Indus Waters Treaty

A worker walks on a beach at Ventanilla Peru on 18 January 2022 following oil spill

Peru

Repsol oil spill: One year on, no justice in sight for Peruvian fishers

A woman walks in the Godoy neighbourhood of Rosario, Argentina. Rooftop solar collectors on a housing project can be seen in the background

Argentina

How solar power could help fight energy poverty in Argentina

Fisher at Kampong Khleang, a floating village on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Fisheries

Crackdowns and ecological collapse drive fishers from Tonle Sap Lake

Casa próxima ao Complexo Eólico Folha Larga Norte, em Campo Formoso, na Bahia

Brazil

Wind farms in Brazil are encroaching on traditional community land

Deforestation

Gran Chaco: Argentina risks losing its largest native forest

mujer compra agua en Nueva León, México

Mexico

Drought in northern Mexico brings water shortages and social unrest

villagers affected by the construction of three dams on the Chi River stage a demonstration in Bangkok

Activism

Thai river communities fight massive water-diversion projects

Front of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank building

Finance

Opinion: Demanding engagement and safeguards from the AIIB

Biodiversity

Gran Chaco: Indigenous peoples and biodiversity left exposed by new road

Food security

Hunger is on the rise in Latin America – while its food exports break records

The expansive coastal shallows of the Banc d’Arguin National Park make it one of the world’s most important wintering grounds for migratory wading birds such as dunlins and curlew sandpipers

Biodiversity

Banc d’Arguin: A blue carbon custodian

Indígena totonaku en Papantla,

Indigenous peoples

Mexican communities fight fracking as projects hit indigenous areas

Amazon

Aerial images show deforestation ‘race’ in Amazon ahead of Brazilian elections

India

Glimpses of a fading culture in Uttarakhand’s mountains

Biodiversity

Indigenous women lead defence of Lake Titicaca’s dying life

Biodiversity

What’s killing South Africa’s seals?

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