Global Witness is calling for businesses and governments to better consider the human cost of rare earth minerals.

The US’s seizure of Venezuela’s oil assets casts doubt over the fate of the $150 billion due to Caracas over the next decade, ...

Community workshop at the Perla Amazónica Peasant Reserve Zone in Putumayo, one of Colombia’s first protected reserves, with biodiversity preservation at its core. Erika Piñeros / Global Witness Our ...

Ramping up oil production in Venezuela could add pollution equivalent to the emissions of all global shipping into the atmosphere each year and release a 'methane bomb', new Global Witness analysis ...

This report, and our campaign, is dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations that are bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land and our environment. Last year, ...

The EU and US-backed Lobito Corridor railway for critical mineral transport risks driving evictions in a mining region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and leaving vulnerable people open to ...

Early one October morning, trustees of a San Diego pension fund gathered at their headquarters on the outskirts of town to hear a pitch for an investment with an unusually high rate of return: 20-25%.

How nickel is mined In Surigao del Sur, nickel is extracted using open-pit strip methods, a process that involves denuding the mountain and stripping away the topsoil and rock. Heavy machinery scoops ...

Until now the jade sector’s worth has been almost impossible to determine. But on the basis of new research and analysis, Global Witness estimates the value of jade production to have been as much as ...

Anonymous companies are a key way for money launderers and corrupt officials to hide their ill-gotten gains. Sébastien Thibault / Global Witness Alongside the world’s worst COVID-19 death rates, the ...