A small group of Borneo hunter-gatherers have scored a major victory over a giant oil palm firm that was targeting their rainforest.

Traditional leaders of the Palawan tribe have travelled to the Philippine capital, Manila, to protest against mining on their land.

India’s Supreme Court is to consider a new attempt to give a green-light to FTSE 100 Vedanta Resources’ bauxite mine in Orissa state, east India.

An open-pit mine planned in south-west Alaska is to be investigated by the US Environmental Protection Agency following mass opposition from local indigenous peoples.