The climate is changing, science shows. And according to some estimates, it could create anywhere between 200 million and 1.2 ...

A class action against Rio Tinto has been filed in a Papua New Guinea court in relation to a long-shuttered copper mine that it offloaded in 2016 and was at the center of a decadelong civil war.

There is an island in the South Pacific half the size of Wales which is set to become the world's youngest country. Bougainville is a remote part of Papua New Guinea where the mining giant Rio ...

Rio Tinto says it is willing to discuss the future of the island's Panguna copper mine with concerned locals. Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper’s Panguna mine has lain dormant since 1988 ...

Women in tribal colours attend a Bougainville reconciliation ceremony in November An island group that's part of Papua New Guinea is about to vote on independence. And, if the poll goes as ...

The people of Bougainville, an island group in Papua New Guinea, have voted overwhelmingly for independence. Voters had two options - more autonomy, or full independence. Of the 181,000 ballots ...

The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s Bougainville Island collection is a snapshot of the island just after WWII. The collection connects the museum and its visitors with the people ...

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The guerrillas relay the belief that they fight to defend their independence and preserve the local environment on the island of Bougainville.