Landsat pre- and post-dam images show the area flooded by two Madeira River dams is 69.8 percent greater than projected by the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

Amnesty International says it is seeking to enlist digital activists to help track oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

JOHANNESBURG - The United Nations has called it one of Africa's biggest remaining wilderness areas.

Toxic wastewater that surged through a dry riverbed in southern Israel at the weekend left a wake of ecological destruction more than 20 km (12 miles) long.

Amnesty International has launched 'Decode Oil Spills Project,' a revolutionary crowd-sourcing platform that will engage thousands of digital volunteers to help the human rights watchdog ensure jus

Mbombela - Atha-Africa Ventures, the Indian company at the centre of a high-stakes battle over mining in protected areas, says it is far from ready to break new ground at the contested Mabola Prote

The Ogoni leaders have expressed displeasure over the inability of some stakeholders to contribute their own quota of the $1 billion cleanup deal, a situation, which according to them, was also del

Swakopmund — The controversial N$8 billion Desert Rose project, expected to be constructed just outside Swakopmund, will go ahead as planned despite resistance from some environmentalists and conce

Nairobi - Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest game reserves, despite criticism from environmentalists and Unesco.