The mass-scale removal of resources is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Extractivism’s grip on the planet must be broken At the biodiversity Cop taking place in Montreal, much attention will focus ...

The struggle against extractivism is inseparable from broader fights for gender justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and ...

Extractivism is a concept of our time. Large-scale exploitation of nature and appropriation of human-labor fuel the unsustainability of our current world-system. Despite this, research on extractivism ...

The chapter in Latin American history that opened in 1998 with celebrations in Venezuela has ended with a coup and violence in Bolivia. As with all tidal waves, the “pink tide” recedes to reveal a ...

View of pipes related to oil activities of Chinese oil company PetroOriental near the Miwuaguno village, Orellana province, Ecuador, on December 10, 2020. (Cristina Vega Rhor / AFP via Getty Images) ...

An alliance of indigenous federations, campesinos, unions, and other groups that oppose proposed constitutional reforms and government policies on a range of issues are planning a new round of ...

Are songs of praise to electric cars leaving out a critical stanza? Lithium batteries are essential for electric cars, which corporations push as an “environmentally friendly” method of transportation ...

Communities around the world are demonstrating how we can move beyond extractivism to revive cultures of care and solidarity. Communities planet-wide are resisting mining and demonstrating how we can ...

The Indigenous Wampís people, whose territory covers more than 1.3 million hectares in Peru’s northern Amazon, are at the frontlines of extractivism and state abandonment. In 2015, they formally ...

The Vatican has issued an appeal against investments in activities that harm the environment and people, especially Indigenous peoples. The initiative, supported by 45 organisations, calls on ...