Mike Davis has decided to step down as CEO and will be leaving Global Witness after 23 years at the organisation ...

Proposed route for the six-lane superhighway in 2015 which threatened to rip through 52km of Ekuri community and the heart of Cross River National Park. Thanks to public pressure, a new route was ...

Ramping up oil production in Venezuela could emit pollution equivalent to the emissions of all global shipping into the atmosphere each year, new Global Witness analysis reveals Venezuelans play in ...

The US first framed its illegal Venezuela attack as an operation to oust authoritarian Maduro as part of its war on drugs. But it didn’t take long for Trump to reveal a far more lucrative motive: ...

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 ...

The high ambition articulated by the Brazilian COP Presidency at COP30’s opening had notably faded by the end of the second week, reflecting the sobering realities of consensus-based decision-making ...

A farm in the village of Gbordoi, Bong County, Liberia, cleared in 2024. Rice has been planted while the farmer waits for cocoa to grow. Global Witness An investigation by Global Witness links some of ...

Rather than heed climate protests and defender voices and act to protect the environment, states are manipulating laws to criminalise non-violent protest Just Stop Oil activists protest outside the ...

When land grabbing banishes communities from their homes, the surrounding environment and biodiversity are left at the mercy of destructive industries Mining is emerging as a major risk factor for ...

At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared* around the world last year defending their land, communities or the environment, a new report by Global Witness reveals. Today ...

If it succeeds, the TFFF could channel up to USD$4 billion a year to tropical forest nations The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is Brazil’s flagship nature and finance initiative for COP30.

USAID supporters rally in Washington, DC on February 05, 2025 to protest against the Trump administration's sudden freeze of foreign assistance. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Some of the world’s ...