Choki Wangmo – Mongabay

Choki Wangmo is a young award-winning communication professional and an independent journalist based in Thimphu, Bhutan. After completing her studies in sustainable …

Exposing the impact of mining on Indigenous and local …

As an environmental news organization, Mongabay closely tracks the social and ecological impacts of mining. Beyond raising awareness and inspiring other media …

Results of mining tax for reforestation in the DRC leave …

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Through taxes, in particular the reforestation tax, logging and mining operators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must pledge to restore ...

Mining industry touts green pledges to attract talent, but …

Tripling global renewable energy capacity was one of the headline commitments coming out of last year's U.N. climate conference in Dubai. And increased mining of critical minerals, which are ...

More tigers recorded, but with habitats under threat will …

The All India Tiger Estimation – 2018 report, released on July 29, pegged the population of the country's national animal at 2,967. While releasing the report, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked that it is possible to strike a healthy balance between – development and environment. However, Mongabay-India's analysis of another report …

Exposing the impact of mining on Indigenous and local …

For instance, in late 2023, Mongabay shed light on the devastating environmental and social impacts of illegal gold mining along the Cenepa River, which borders Peru and Ecuador. We observed 70 sites of illegal gold mining but also learned of the plight of the Indigenous Awajún communities, who were threatened with labor and …

Return of the tiger at West Bengal's Buxa tiger reserve

The village was relocated in 1995 after a flood in 1993 swept away majority of the s in the village. Dolomite mining which was prevalent in the area stopped after Buxa became a tiger reserve. Many local community members settled down in the abandoned huts originally built for the employees working in a dolomite mining firm after ...

Landslide in Philippines mining town kills nearly 100, …

Activists demand corporate and government accountability after a massive landslide struck a mining town in the southern Philippines on Feb. 6, claiming nearly 100 lives and affecting more than ...

Unstoppable rivers: Bhutan's quest for energy security and …

[Photos] Mining in Kodingamali impacts indigenous community

Bauxite mining activities in Kodingamali are impacting the Odisha district's indigenous people and their climate-friendly traditions.

Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the …

In the DRC's copper belt, pollution from the mining of cobalt and copper, critical minerals for the energy transition, is on the rise and polluters are ignoring their legal obligations to clean ...

Under the shadow of war in the DRC, a mining company …

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Land-grabbing, lack of consultation, communities wiped off maps and impunity. These are the serious accusations made against the mining company ...

Illegal mica mining continues unabated in Jharkhand

Mica mining was stopped in Jharkhand years ago but unabated illegal mining is causing deaths and diseases to villagers.

U.S. mining companies leave lasting trail of contamination …

It's just a minuscule fraction of the 785 million metric tons of mining waste that the mining company Southern Copper tossed into Ite Bay for more than 35 years, damaging a critical fishing area ...

Ruling on mining taxation empowers states, worries industry

The Supreme Court's ruling empowers Indian states to impose taxes on mineral lands retroactively from April 1, 2005.

Sahana Ghosh Archives

Protected landscape across India-Bhutan border a refuge for wildlife during armed conflict. ... Mining, erosion threaten Indian rhino haven ... Mongabay is a U.S.-based non-profit conservation and ...

Illegal gold mining devastates Peruvian Amazon river and …

Mongabay Latam traveled along 38 kilometers (24 miles) of Peru's Cenepa River, near the border with Ecuador, where illegal mining dredges run around the clock in search of gold, hemming in seven ...

World's richest tin mine pollutes rivers serving Amazon Indigenous villages

Waste from the world's richest tin mine has since March leaked into rivers flowing through an Indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon, reportedly contaminating the water and killing fish and ...

Photos: Hundreds of new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas

Mongabay; Tropical Forest Network; ... overgrazing by livestock, poaching, mining and pollution. ... Minister for Agriculture and Forests in Bhutan, a country on the eastern end of the ...

Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity for at least 16 million people worldwide, particularly in rural, impoverished communities. But with these pros ...

Unstoppable rivers: Bhutan's quest for energy

Since Bhutan is heavily dependent on hydropower for its development and to generate revenue from India, shifts in climate are directly tied with international relations.

Indonesian government slow to reclaim lands damaged by coal mining

Damage from coal mining in East Kalimantan. Photo: Hendar Reclamation of over 830,000 hectares of abandoned mines has yet to begin in East Kalimantan, Indonesia–despite a provincial law passed ...

Choki Wangmo – Mongabay

Choki Wangmo is a young award-winning communication professional and an independent journalist based in Thimphu, Bhutan. After completing her studies in sustainable development, she worked with the national newspaper of Bhutan, Kuensel, for little over four years, first as an environment and agriculture reporter and a feature writer, and later …

Three early-career journalists enter Mongabay's …

Mongabay is thrilled to introduce our fourth cohort of outstanding journalists to the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program. ... Choki Wangmo from Bhutan, and Juliet Akoth Ojwang from Kenya to the latest cohort. ... Exposing the impact of mining on Indigenous and local communities | Mongabay Impacts;

Illegal mining in the Pan Amazon: an ecological disaster for

Illegal mining in the Pan Amazon: an ecological disaster for floodplains and local communities. Floodplains are extraordinarily productive because they are the …

Environmental democracy in Ecuador promotes anti-mining …

A historic court ruling in Ecuador that will let a community vote on whether to allow mining in its midst could set the stage for a region-wide grassroots pushback against extractives projects ...

Bolsonaro hands over indigenous land demarcation to …

On his first day in office, Brazil's new president shifted the demarcation responsibility for indigenous lands to the agriculture ministry, potentially putting the Amazon at risk, critics say.

Bhutan

Bhutan - Industry, Mining, Energy, and Commerce. Industry Only 1 percent or less of the work force was involved in industry and construction in the late 1980s, and industrial production and construction represented only 14.2 percent of GDP projected for 1991. Handicrafts, cement, food processing, wood milling, and distilling were the major ...

Yak breeding: Druk, a male from Bhutan to …

Sikkim in India is raising a yak bull gifted by Bhutan in a transboundary germplasm exchange to improve the species gene pool.

Saving India's wild 'unicorns'

Manas national park bordering Bhutan was one such protected area where a total of 22 rhinos — 10 from Kaziranga national park and 12 from Pobitora wildlife sanctuary — were translocated. ... Mongabay makes science accessible and elevates the voices and knowledge of people directly impacted by environmental change. ... Coal …