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Forests

Why is the Congo Basin – the world’s largest forest carbon sink – at risk?

12 December 2024
Transition Minerals

The EU must use trade deals to protect environmental defenders

10 December 2024
Land and Environmental Defenders

How the militarisation of mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines

03 December 2024
Land and Environmental Defenders

Rush for critical minerals in Philippines threatens Indigenous communities and biodiversity

03 December 2024
Transition Minerals

Critical mineral mines tied to 111 violent incidents and protests on average a year

07 November 2024
Transition Minerals

Clean energy, dirty consequences: Mining for renewable technologies linked to global social unrest

07 November 2024
Transition Minerals

In numbers: Critical mineral production, ownership, and social unrest

07 November 2024
Transition Minerals

Preventing conflict and protecting rights in the renewable energy boom

14 October 2024
Transition Minerals

Green ambition, questionable track records: Who are the EU's strategic partners?

26 July 2024
Transition Minerals

Transition minerals: A climate solution that could cost the earth

10 July 2024
Transition Minerals

What value addition means for communities affected by mining

04 June 2024
Transition Minerals

New investigation reveals the alarming expansion of heavy rare earth mining in Myanmar, and the devastating cost for communities and the environment

23 May 2024
Transition Minerals

Fuelling the future, poisoning the present: Myanmar’s rare earth boom

23 May 2024
Transition Minerals

A missed opportunity for the UN to demand a more responsible mining industry

11 April 2024
Transition Minerals

As EU moves to secure its supply of transition minerals, a rush for lithium is fuelling corruption and harming communities in Africa

14 November 2023
Transition Minerals

A rush for lithium in Africa risks fuelling corruption and failing citizens

14 November 2023
Transition Minerals

An unjust transition? The new rush for Lithium in Africa

14 November 2023
Transition Minerals

Myanmar: New sanctions welcome, but not enough

25 August 2022
Transition Minerals

Addressing risks in the supply chain for heavy rare earth minerals from illicit mining in Myanmar

09 August 2022
Transition Minerals

Myanmar's poisoned mountains

09 August 2022
Transition Minerals

DRC: Apple, Tesla & Intel may source “conflict minerals” through failing responsible mineral scheme

27 April 2022
Transition Minerals

As global interest in DR Congo’s lithium deposits soars, the industry could be “seriously undermined” by governance, environmental and social risks – investigation

13 December 2021
Transition Minerals

Renewable energy at what cost? A closer look at DRC’s nascent lithium sector

13 December 2021
Land and Environmental Defenders

"My Mother’s Struggle Lives On"

16 September 2021
Transition Minerals

Digging for disclosure

02 March 2021
Corporate Accountability

“We are going to kill you.” A case study in corporate power left unchecked

25 January 2021
Oil, Gas and Mining

The deal for Deziwa

06 August 2020
Transition Minerals

Mega deal between Gécamines and Chinese state-owned company CNMC for one of DRC’s flagship copper mines could be leaving the country short-changed

06 August 2020
Conflict Resources

Myanmar jade mine disaster highlights government inaction

14 July 2020
Corruption and Money Laundering

Intimidation and scare tactics won’t work on us: We will continue to demand real action to bring greater transparency to DRC’s mining sector

07 July 2020
Corruption and Money Laundering

Controversial billionaire Dan Gertler appears to have used suspected international money laundering network to dodge US sanctions and acquire new mining assets in DRC

02 July 2020
Corruption and Money Laundering

Undermining sanctions

02 June 2020

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