Mining For Smartphones: Devastation In Indonesia, Bangka Islands

In recent years about one-third of all the tin mined in the world has come from Bangka, its sister island Belitung, and the seabeds off the islands’shores. Tin mining is taking its toll on the islands’ coastline, damaging coral reefs, mangrove forests that help protect it from tropical storms and big waves. A Friends of the Earth video documentary.

What’s At Stake In Doha Climate Talks

Diplomats from around the world will gather for the United Nations (UN) climate talks next week in Doha, Qatar, where negotiators hope to agree a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol and lay the groundwork for a new global treaty that will take force by 2020..