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- Environmental activists receive death threats
- In Guatemala, a deep-rooted culture of violence limits debate about mining and the environment.
- "We are united"
- An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land.
- Digging to Development?
- A Historical Look at Mining and Economic Development
- Dirty Metals
- Mining, Communities, and the Environment
- Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
- Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop.
- The Majaz effect
- What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?
- Seasonal flooding in Gambella leaves thousands of Ethiopians needing help
- When two rivers spilled their banks, the consequences were severe.
- Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
- New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.
- Referendum on Rio Blanco mining project
- "Do you agree with having mining activity in the district of Carmen de la Frontera?" This is the question that thousands of citizens will answer on Sunday ...
- Pollution risk at new gold mine in Ghana exposed
- Journalist in Ghana writes about environmental risks, wins award.
- Peruvian village sees pollution, few benefits from gas pipeline project
- Gas spills and lack of attention to community development raise questions in the forest villages of indigenous people affected by the Camisea pipeline.
- Oxfam offers water, food, shelter to cyclone survivors in Bangladesh
- As coastal residents return to the devastation left by Sidr, Oxfam launches a major relief effort to help people recover.
- Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
- Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
- Oxfam America denounces death threats against rights advocate in Peru
- Calls on the authorities to investigate death threats and intimidation.
- Oxfam America and ECOWAS to create new mining code
- Oxfam America and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on April 4, 2008 to collaborate on creating a common mining code for all of ...
- New attention on ChevronTexaco case
- President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
- Majority who voted say 'No' to Majaz Mining Company
- Citizens express their will in peaceful referendum in Peru.
- Interview: Pablo Fajardo
- Pablo Fajardo is the Amazon Defense Front's legal coordinator for the case against Texaco.
- Improvements big and small in East Asia
- Oxfam America partner Green Watershed helps local villagers preserve their way of life through their own expertise.
- Human rights violations follow the money
- Groundbreaking hearings on the responsibility of the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank to respect human rights exposes violations related to loans ...
- Green Watershed wins second award of the year
- Oxfam partner in China wins water conservation-themed competition.
- Green Watershed earns top honors
- Oxfam partner wins award for sustainable development project in China.
- Amazon Defense Front wins prestigious environmental prize
- Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo of Ecuador are recognized for their effort to protect the natural world with the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2008.
- A day in the life of an 18-year-old at Kalma camp
- A young woman named Halwa talks about how she passes the long days at Kalma camp—the temporary home for tens of thousands of displaced people in Darfur.
- A Darfur camp of mud bricks feels permanent
- A surge in building homes from mud bricks has eased a housing shortage, but accelerated a water shortage in western Sudan.
- Chile: Struggling for the right to decide
- Farmers use the law to defend their water and their rights—but can't block a massive tailings dam.
- Oxfam International aids thousands displaced by Sri Lankan conflict
- Drought in Ethiopia brings hardship
- Herders and the animals they depend on for survival are suffering through a dry spell.
- Pumped up: lake water meets the needs of displaced people
- For families crowded into camps for displaced people in Congo, clean water from Lake Kivu helps prevent the spread of disease.
- Conflict surrounds expansion of Peru gold mine
- Local communities turn to legal measures to protect land, water.
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