Global mining boom is leading to landgrab, says report
John Vidal, environment editor, The Guardian, 01 Mar 2012The global mining, oil and gas industries have expanded so fast in the last decade they are now leading to large-scale "landgrabbing" and threatening farming and water supplies, according to a report by environment and development groups in Europe, Africa and India.
"The catalogue of devastation is growing. ... Read full article

