The proposed new UK Oil and Gas Revenue Levy (OGRL) would raise billions less than the current windfall tax it replaces, a new Global Witness investigation has found.

Government's own figures show its planned oil and gas tax mechanism would raise billions less than the current windfall tax, ...

This report, and our campaign, is dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations that are bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land and our environment. Last year, ...

We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.

Conflict coltan from DRC is already finding its way into electronic devices, and accelerated AI and data centre demand could add pressure to creaking regulation ...

With their forests and farmland vanishing into sterile monocultures, Dayak communities in Indonesia have mobilised to resist the land grabs ...

Minerals extracted by hand from the African Great Lakes region are in huge demand. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda produce nearly half the world’s coltan, the main ore of ...

Until now the jade sector’s worth has been almost impossible to determine. But on the basis of new research and analysis, Global Witness estimates the value of jade production to have been as much as ...

Last year, 124 people were murdered for doing this work. We acknowledge that the names of many defenders who were killed last year may be missing, and we may never know how many more gave their lives ...

Nestled between Brazil and Argentina in the heart of South America, Paraguay is the world’s fourth largest exporter of soy. But the social and environmental impacts of its soy industry have received ...

European banks and investors – including Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole and Intesa Sanpaolo – are investing over €700 million in two companies that are helping fuel violence against the people of ...