Mining is Bad Business in Latin America
Mining is Bad Business in Latin America

A decade-long mining boom has left a string of complications–environmental liabilities, social polarization and loss of governmental legitimacy. Meanwhile it has not resolved a single…

An environmentalist heavily sentenced in Cameroon
An environmentalist heavily sentenced in Cameroon

Mr. Nasako Besingi, Director of the NGO Struggle to Economize our Future Environment (SEFE) was sentenced today by a court in Mundemba in the South…

Forest Rights Act: How rules fail in the jungle
Forest Rights Act: How rules fail in the jungle

Behold, my friends, the spring has come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of…

What Do Land Rights Mean to Women in Africa?

We asked women from across Africa what secure land rights mean for them, their communities, and their countries. Here’s what they had to say: