Palestine Denounces Gaza Devastation as “Ecocide”
The Permanent Mission of the State of Palestine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands has formally described the environmental destruction in Gaza as ecocide, citing that less than 5% of agricultural land remains suitable for cultivation and calling for international legal recognition of the long-term consequences¹. The statement — the first by a state-level actor […]
Exposing The Impact of Mining on Indigenous and Local Communities
As an environmental news organization, Mongabay closely tracks the social and ecological impacts of mining. Beyond raising awareness and inspiring other media outlets to cover this topic and regularly republish and reference Mongabay, the news Mongabay produces often leads to real-world impact by exposing the harmful practices of powerful people and organizations, compelling them to take […]
Conservation in wealthy nations may worsen global biodiversity loss, study finds
By Shanna Hanbury / Mongabay Efforts to rewild landscapes across Europe and North America could be making global biodiversity loss worse by shifting environmental destruction to poorer, more biodiverse regions, a new study warns. Scientists from the University of Cambridge, U.K., found that when farming and resource extraction move abroad to accommodate conservation in wealthy countries, it can […]
Energy Transitions Threaten Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
Cambodian Environmental Journalist Ouk Mao Arrested
BANGKOK — Cambodian journalist Ouk Mao, whose reporting on illegal logging has seen him attacked both physically and legally, was arrested May 16. Ek Cheat, Mao’s wife, spotted an unmarked white Lexus pull up outside their home in Stung Treng province sometime around midday. Three plainclothes officers entered Mao’s home, handcuffed him and told him […]
The Occupation of Palestine
The Occupation of Palestine Start again from the beginning Redazione Piemonte Orientale13.02.25 / Pressenza We are Biellesi per la Palestina libera (Citizens of Biella for a Free Palestine), and we write these words to remind you: something can be done.As Gramsci said—we will return to him later—we must take sides. We must be partisans. […]
This is the Moment to Stop Deep Sea Mining
BY JULIA BARNES Image by TJ Fitzsimmons Can you imagine a mine so large it would span the continental United States? An industrial project this size is currently being planned. It is the first attempt at deep sea mining in international waters. The Clarion Clipperton Zone, an area located between Hawaii and Mexico in the […]
Stop Deep Sea Mining Before it Happens
BY JULIA BARNES This article was originally published in Counterpunch. Image by Julia Barnes Even as the ocean struggles under the assaults of industrial fishing, ocean warming, pollution, and acidification, corporations are pushing to exploit it in a new and dangerous way. Deep sea mining includes plans to extract polymetallic nodules from the sea floor. Commercial exploitation […]
The Green Deceit of Deep Sea Mining
BY JOSHUA CLINTON This article was originally published in Counterpunch. Image by Cameron Venti “To build a green future, in the next couple of decades the world will need to mine more metal than we’ve mined in our entire history” says Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company. There’s some truth to that statement — if we […]