Caption: Um salar no deserto do Atacama, no norte do Chile (image: Jorge Pacheco)
The fight for control of Chile’s lithium business
With global lithium demand booming, Chile needs a plan to protect its economy and environment
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Caption: Deep sea hydrothermal vents are at risk from mining (image: NOAA)
The environmental costs of deep-sea mining
Countries must determine if mining the ocean can be done without harm to the environment
Caption: Colombian presidential cadidate Gustavo Petro at a school in the capital Bogotá (image: Gustavo Petro Urrego)
Colombia heads to the polls with new environmental conscience
Leftist underdog questions economic model and puts environment centre stage after major incidents
Caption: Quibdó airport (image: Danielcuesta)
Extractive economies and their impact in Colombia’s Pacific
New investment in chronically poor region reflects growing liberalisation with few local benefits
Caption: Generations of Bolivians have mined salt on the Salar de Uyuni. Now it is the site of lithium extraction (image: Luca Galuzzi)
Latin America’s New Mining Frontiers
Essential for clean technologies, rare earths must have a green lifecycle to bring lasting benefit
Caption: The development of rural Colombia is a central focus of the peace deal with FARC, but what role for China? (image: Norway Ministry of Climate and Environment
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China and Colombia: building the peace?
SPECIAL SERIES: Will China's role in developing post-conflict Colombia help or undermine peace?
Caption: A view of S11D mine surrounded by Carajás National Forest, in Canaã dos Carajás, Brazil, February 2, 2017 (image: Milton Leal / Diálogo Chino/ChinaFile)
China is Driving a Boom in Brazilian Mining, but at What Cost?
Giant iron ore mine in Brazilian Amazonian state of Pará is having big impacts on local ecology
Caption: Las Bambas, the largest copper mine in the world (image: wikimedia
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China boosts extraction of natural resources in Latin America
Latin American governments relax environmental legislation to receive financing
Caption: Yasuní national park in Ecuador (image: Sara y Tzunki)
Buen vivir: A manifesto for the rights of nature
Global recognition of nature’s rights is gaining ground but implementation is a work in progress
Caption: image: Twitter/ Pamela Troya
Ecuadorean NGO fights back after “arbitrary” closure order
International NGOs express solidarity after action linked to Chinese mining company complaint
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