Sectors and Problems
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline (photo: Hannah Ellis, FoE EWNI)
Introduction

Logging, oil and gas extraction and mining are sectors with many dangerous effects for the environment and local communities.
Forests

October 16, 2008 - Forests provide manifold services to mankind, yet they are destroyed at unprecedented rates with severe environmental and social impacts. more»

Oil and Gas – October 16, 2008 - Oil and gas continue to be the major energy source worldwide, with rising prices and a booming industry, but as well with all sorts of severe environmental and social impacts. more»

Mining – October 16, 2008 - Mining is characterised by a huge volatility of prices, severe environmental and social impacts and an industry that sees strong concentration. more»

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Current

From Money to Metals
The Good Campaigners’ Guide to Questionable Funder$
Despite the current financial "crisis" investors are pouring money into mining companies and projects, with potentially negative consequences for thousands of communities around the world. Launched in 2008, and now available as a regularly-updated data base, "From Money to Metals" is a vital resource to discover who is funding what, and where, in one of the most potentially destructive of all global industries. By Nostromo Research, August 2009