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Massive infrastructure projects could be Africa’s greatest environmental challenge

Massive infrastructure projects could be Africa’s greatest environmental challenge

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...
Enanga, African Great Lakes Transboundary Observatory launched: Sharing community perspectives on natural resource use

Enanga, African Great Lakes Transboundary Observatory launched: Sharing community perspectives on natural resource use

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)...
Baka People Threatened by Extractive Mining in the Congo Basin

Baka People Threatened by Extractive Mining in the Congo Basin

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...
South Africa: Mtunzini Conservancy appeals against judgement mining and destruction of eight wetlands

South Africa: Mtunzini Conservancy appeals against judgement mining and destruction of eight wetlands

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...
Zambezi Society says “No mining in Mana Pools World Heritage Site”

Zambezi Society says “No mining in Mana Pools World Heritage Site”

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...

Tanzania gets UN nod for uranium mine in game park

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...
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