The London-listed miner is accused of violating forest-protection laws and the rights of tribal groups, but has said it will not abandon the project, which was expected to yield 78m tonnes of the aluminium-bearing ore.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

The Epping Forest MP argued that new laws would have "very little effect" on responsible dog owners but would make life "very difficult" for those who do not look after their dogs properly.

BBC: Adjournment debate

Second, environmentalists have been effective at stopping timber sales because courts and agency officers have recognised consistently that the Forest Service, in catering mainly to logging over the decades, has failed to comply with scientifically sound resource-protection laws that govern forest management.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Some firms wreck the forest by bribing their way round laws permitting only selected mature trees to be cut.

BBC: Roger Harrabin reports from Cameroon

Indonesia has laws designed to stop the burning of forest land, and supposedly imposes draconian penalties for damaging the environment.

ECONOMIST: The smoke in Asia��s eyes

Many mines were operating in dry and deciduous forest lands on India's western ghat region, flouting environment laws, he claimed.

WSJ: Court Eases Mining Ban in Karnataka

At the moment, standing forest is of little commercial value, and much of it continues to exist only because of laws intended to prevent total clearance of the land.

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