by ACF | Jul 3, 2012 | Mining, Wildlife News
After months of intense lobbying, the Unesco World Heritage Committee has finally granted Tanzania’s request to hive off part of Selous Game Reserve to allow mining of uranium in one of the largest remaining wildernesses in Africa. Monday’s decision comes... by ACF | Jun 8, 2012 | Conservation Threats, Mining
The Wild Foundation in 2008 carried details of an impending copper-mining threat to the integrity of the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia. With the issue early in 2011 of a Large-Scale Mining License to the Australian owned Zambezi Resources and its Zambian... by ACF | Nov 18, 2010 | Mining
Environmental activists are up in arms due to coal-mining operations set to take place near the Mapungubwe National Park in Limpopo, saying mining operations will pollute the area’s water and disturb its biodiversity. “The area is a low rainfall area with...