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With its lax environmental laws, Burma has become a battleground for neighbouring countries keen to get their hands on the country’s abundant natural resources…

Arundhati Roy speaks out: on the moral police of India's anti-corruption campaign, on the silence surrounding civil wars, and on despotism and democracy…

Merryl Wyn Davies visits a remote village in Northwest Frontier to find out how it is recovering from last years devastating floods.…

Catholic priest, guerrilla fighter, politician: David Rodriguez has dedicated his life to serving the people of El Salvador, just as his hero, Archbishop Oscar Romero, did before him…

From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years…

The isolated Indian tribes of the Napo-Tigre region no longer exist, according to the government's cartographers…

World Development book case study: sustainable urban development in Curitiba…

New Internationalist's co-editor Vanessa Baird is reassured by the Asháninka community's refusal to talk to journalists in Peru, where she is investigating indigenous resistance to mega-projects.…

Public outcry about the risk to two uncontacted indigenous groups has caused the oil giant to pull out of a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon…

Compulsive rambler Mark Thomas walks the line along the notorious Israeli Separation Barrier in an extract from his new book.…