This article has been updated to include the Land and Environment Court judgement issued on June 19. Controversial charges brought against the Wollar Three, who were arrested for protesting against coal mine […]
Coal mining devastates villages and cultural heritage in Australia’s Hunter Valley
Update: The anti-protest charges brought against Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes, and Stephanie Luke were dismissed by a magistrate in Mudgee on June 5, 2018. See new article for details. In Australia’s Hunter […]
NGOs urge UNESCO to intervene to save rainforest heritage site
A consortium of NGOs is calling on UNESCO to intervene urgently to protect the rainforest World Heritage Site in northern Sumatra in Indonesia. The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) site has […]
Kolkata’s literary festival: conversing to make the world more inclusive
The eighth edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) will cast the spotlight on the need for inclusion in a traumatised world. The festival’s co-director, Maina Bhagat, said: “The year that […]
Master plan for Malay enclave outrages local landowners
Residents of the last remaining urban village in central Kuala Lumpur are taking a stand against plans to raze their area to the ground. Local people in the Kampong Bharu area of […]
UNESCO to debate endangered listing for Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO is set to debate whether Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as endangered. Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee, which begins in Doha, Qatar, on June […]
Legal challenge launched to protect Great Barrier Reef from dredge dumping
Photo © Darren Jew / Greenpeace Lawyers for the North Queensland Conservation Council have filed an application to challenge the decision to allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge […]