Peru: El Marañón -the environment, communities and rivers be dammed
Communities on the Marañon river are planning resistance to hydro-electric projects being bull-dozed through by the government and the mining companies.
ECUADOR ABANDONS YASUNI AMAZON CONSERVATION PLAN
President Correa blames the international community's failure to compensate Ecuador for not extracting oil. His critics say he was never serious.
Peru: Nahua people reject new gas drilling in Camisea field
Conflict is likely to sharpen in the Amazon area of south eastern Peru over plans to drill wells in Lot 88 home to the Kugapakori Nahua-Nanti reserve.
Environmental Network for Central America (ENCA)
ENCA works directly with communities in Central America, struggling for environmental and social justice, and provides small-scale funding for sustainable projects.
Belo Sun: Brazil’s Largest Gold Mine to be near site of...
The Brazilian government is about to approve the construction of the country’s largest ever gold mine at Volta Grande on the Xingu River, only a short distance from the site of the internationally criticised Belo Monte dam.
Banana Link
Banana Link is working towards fair and sustainable banana and pineapple production and trade in close partnership with banana workers unions and small farmers organisations.
Guatemala: Appeal on behalf of anti-mine protestors
Communities close to a Canadian-owned mine have been placed under virtual military rule.
Pope Francis: A chalice to regret?
A Canadian mining company has offered to make a chalice for the new Pope, using silver from a controversial mine in Patagonia
BRAZIL: HOW BEIJING IS SHAPING THE AMAZON
As China buys agricultural and forest land, mines and smelters, its massive demands threaten the future of the Amazon Basin.
ECUADOR: CORREA, THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS AND THE LEFT
Is the newly re-elected President a closet neo-liberal and unrepentant fan of 'brown left' policies of extraction and accelerated development? Ecuador's left and indigenous movements are strongly critical but also anxious to develop positive alternatives.