index

hands off!

why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining

foreword

introduction

the impact of fossil fuel and mining operations

broken promises

recommendations

resources

glossary

case studies :

• stifling dissent, colombia’s mining law
• lost rivers, lost lives: marcopper spill on marinduque island, the philippines
• dangerous times for mining activists in the philippines
• toxic rivers, poisoned fish: the sepon gold mine in laos
• paradise thrashed, peru's camisea project
• fighting for a rosy future: rosia montana gold mine
• dividing and polluting: yanacocha mine in peru
• livelihoods piped away: chad-cameroon pipeline
• poisoning an island, papua new guinea’s lihir gold mine
• quadruple bypass, the west african gas pipeline project
• dubious D-6, oil drilling in the baltic sea
• risky oil for the rich: baku-ceyhan oil pipeline