Waste from Ghana manganese mine supplying material critical to EVs is creating a toxic environment for locals, with operators ...

Hundreds of land and environmental defenders are threatened, arrested and killed every year for their part in resisting environmental devastation. We record every name and honour their activism.

We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.

Minerals extracted by hand from the African Great Lakes region are in huge demand. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda produce nearly half the world’s coltan, the main ore of ...

Global Witness has supported new updates to Datahub, a tool built by SOMO to help defenders and campaign groups identify ...

Nestled between Brazil and Argentina in the heart of South America, Paraguay is the world’s fourth largest exporter of soy. But the social and environmental impacts of its soy industry have received ...

While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe The extraction and trade of some ...

Gaby is a General Partner at Dangerous Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund in the US, where she invests in solutions to the world’s most pressing climate challenges. Marina is the Founder ...

The mines of the rugged northeastern province of Badakhshan are one of the richest assets of the Afghan people, an extraordinary national treasure that should be a powerful resource for development.

The renewable energy boom has triggered a new rush for resources, as countries race to secure their supply of transition minerals. But this push for clean technology could quickly turn dirty, unless ...

Selma dos Santos Dealdina Mbaye is a Quilombola activist and Political Coordinator at the Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas (CONAQ), an organisation ...

Qaanitah Hunter, News24 Assistant Editor at the Sanef picket outside Pietermaritzburg High Court during Jacob Zuma case against News24 journalist Karyn Maughan, South Africa, March 2022. Darren ...