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Indigenous community fighting a mine in Palawan wins a milestone legal verdict
In a move celebrated as a victory by an Indigenous community that since 2005 has been fighting plans to mine nickel in a protected area, the Philippine Supreme Court issued a verdict mandating the company and government agencies involved in the project to address Indigenous concerns about forest destruction.
Rio blast threatens Pilbara Indigenous heritage – again
Rio Tinto has apologised after iron ore blasting may have damaged a registered cultural heritage site, three years after the global Juukan Gorge scandal.
Germany: Con artist sentenced over fine-art forgeries
An employee of a museum in Munich replaced several paintings with fakes. After auctioning off the originals, he bought a luxury car.
‘Prized’ $1 M. Buddha Statue Stolen from Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles
“I don’t think there’s another like it on the market anywhere,” the gallery director told press.
Un gran yacimiento arqueológico en Aznalcóllar, en peligro de desaparición por un proyecto minero
Un gran yacimiento arqueológico en Aznalcóllar se encuentra en peligro de desaparición por un proyecto minero.
Hundreds of Armenian heritage sites at risk in Nagorno-Karabakh
Faculty researchers paint a picture of what will happen if multilateral organizations fail to protect Armenian cultural heritage as Azerbaijan shells the disputed region.
Tinmel – Morocco's medieval shrine and mosque – is one of the historic casualties of the earthquake
The damage from the earthquake that struck Morocco on Sept. 8, 2023, is still being assessed.
Man Attacks Pan-Asian History Museum in Alleged Hate Crime
Craig Milne reportedly smashed the windows of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum with a sledgehammer and was heard making racially biased statements.
Russian looting in Ukraine threatens to become the art world's hidden shame
After the February 2022 invasion, no museum in occupied Ukraine was free from state-directed looters.