by ACF | Nov 29, 2015 | Forest, Habitat News, Mining
Bill Laurance, James Cook University Africa’s natural environments and spectacular wildlife are about to face their biggest challenge ever. In a paper published today in Current Biology, my colleagues and I assess the dramatic environmental changes that will be driven... 
by ACF | Apr 29, 2014 | Conservation Threats, Mining, Oil, Virunga
IUCN and 10 civil society groups announce the launch of Enanga, an online platform sharing photo and video testimonies from across Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda on the problems and promises of natural resources. Enanga (www.enanga.org)... 
by ACF | Jun 14, 2013 | Conservation Threats, Mining
Sitting at his desk with the national flag of Cameroon carefully in view, Noel Ebang Urbain, Secretary General, Ministry of Mines in Cameroon talks passionately about an iron ore extraction project. “Nature has given us the resources to be exploited in the... 
by ACF | Feb 5, 2013 | Conservation Threats, Mining
On 29th January 2013 the Mtunzini Conservancy (MC) made application for leave to appeal against the judgement handed down by Judge R Vahed in the Kwazulu-Natal High Court in Durban on 8th January 2013. In his judgment Judge Vahed ruled that Tronox required no planning... 
by ACF | Aug 12, 2012 | Conservation Threats, Mining
The Zambezi Society wishes to publicly express its deep concern regarding the threat of mining exploration for Heavy Mineral Sands Deposits (and possibly other minerals) in major tributaries of the Zambezi River in the Mana Pools/Sapi/Chewore area of Northern... by ACF | Jul 6, 2012 | Conservation Threats, Mining
Tanzania has received UN approval for Australia-based miner Mantra Resources to build a $400m uranium mine in a world heritage game reserve despite pressure from environmental groups opposed to the project, it said on Thursday. Green groups have warned that toxic...