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- Caught on the wrong side of a gold boom
- Farmers in Ghana talk candidly about the impact of gold mining on their communities and how to hold mining companies and government accountable.
- Dead fish and acid pollution point to cyanide in stream
- Farmers in Ghana affected by chemical spill call on government to investigate and punish polluters.
- A new leader of concerned farmers in rural Ghana
- Emilia Amoateng helps defend the rights of fellow villagers, presses a legal case for compensation for their lost farms.
- La Oroya, Peru: Poisoned town
- American-owned Doe Run polluted this small mountain community for more than a decade. Now citizens are joining with Oxfam to hold the company accountable.
- La Oroya speaks to Washington
- Citizens of polluted city in Peru take their case to US Congress.
- Q&A: La Oroya's future
- A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La ...
- Marlin Mine: Violence and pollution lead to call for suspension
- Concerns about human rights violations and the environment in Guatemala lead indigenous communities to seek a suspension of mine operations in western ...
- Looking them in the eye
- In Ghana, a young woman learns to lead in a village flooded by water draining from an underground mine shaft.
- Knowledge is power
- Across Ghana, new leaders are emerging to voice concerns about the environment and basic justice.
- Leadership from the bottom up
- Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills.
- Oxfam and partners hail Ghana for enacting law on petroleum revenue
- As Ghana joins the league of oil producing nations, Oxfam America and its local partners congratulate the country for putting in place the legal framework for ...
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
- Ghana adopts West African mining principles
- After almost two years of its enactment by West Africa’s regional body, Ghana joins Senegal in adopting the principles on mining in the region.
- ECOWAS sets up committee on mining reforms
- Latest step in effort to improve, standardize requirements for oil, gas, and mining in West Africa.
- Some justice for a palm tree
- Inadvertent destruction of an oil palm tree leads to highest compensation ever.
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- Photos, panel discussion demonstrate impact of oil extraction on Nigeria and other African nations
- Oxfam expert explains that oil revenues do not always translate into money to fight poverty.
- New tool helps communities focus on human rights
- A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
- "Africa's future is up to Africans"
- President Obama's first speech in sub-Saharan Africa hits important points on good governance, responsible use of natural resources, trade, and defeating ...
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
- Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
- In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
- Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
- New potential for conflict in Peru’s Amazon
- Madre de Dios could be next flashpoint in ongoing confrontation between indigenous communities and foreign oil, gas, and mining companies.
- Members of Ghana’s Parliament concerned about use of new oil money
- Communiqué calling for urgent steps to ensure new wealth is managed transparently and responsibly.
- Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
- Tarnished Legacy
- A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali's Syama Goldmine
- Hidden Treasure?
- In search of Mali's gold-mining revenues
- Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
- Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one.
- Oxfam in West Africa
- Across the vast Sahel and down through the lush rainforests of Ghana, there is a growing sense of possibility.
- Oxfam in South America
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ...
- Oxfam urges miner to address community engagement practices
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