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Insights and Solutions   With mining policies that favor multinational corporations and a long-standing political model of invading Indigenous land, Canada has spawned industrial leaders like Barrick Gold that undertake massive mining projects...

This paper was presented during the professor's track at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in October 2013 in Rio De Janeiro. For more on educators and investigative reporting, see the Investigative Journalism Education Consortium...

Inga 1 Power Station. Photo courtesy of International Rivers. Liz Kimbrough, Mongabay Waking Times The Congo River traverses the continent of Africa, ending its journey in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it spills 1.5 million cubic feet...

Is Inga 3 the only answer to DRC’s energy complications? Will it benefit the Congolese people? According to supporters, the Inga 3 project would pump out as much energy as 20 large nuclear power stations and tackle the energy deficiency in Africa. Its...

Central Africa is flooded with regional and international initiatives to manage its natural resources. In this forest region par excellence, the combination of these initiatives directly or indirectly affects the forest sector. The most active instruments...