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Conservation and the rise of corporations in the Pan Amazon

Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units

‘Trump is a disease’, says Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa

Migration opens up new territories in the Brazilian Amazon in the 20th century

New Canadian-backed potash mine under fire from Amazon Indigenous groups

Report reveals how environmental crime profits in the Amazon are laundered

‘Indigenous women in the Amazon must be empowered’: Interview with Nemonte Nenquimo

In Ecuador, booming profits in small-scale gold mining reveal a tainted industry – investigation

Wildcat miners: will cyanide displace mercury?

Resilient and resourceful, Brazil’s illegal gold capital resists government crackdown

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Nearly all Brazilian gold imported by EU is likely illegal, report says

Could the ‘rights of nature’ save Yasuní and keep its oil in the ground? (commentary)

The challenge of the next oil and gas investments further in the Pan Amazon

The indelible traces of oil and gas in the Peruvian, Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon

The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon Basin

Mining gold in the greenstone belt of Panamazonia

New datasets identify which crops deforest the Amazon, and where

Expanding the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon through gold mining

Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows

Minerals for agricultural use can already be found in Amazonia

Report reveals widespread use of smuggled mercury in Amazon gold mining

Industrial minerals in the Pan Amazon

Brasil, Venezuela and Peru: the geography of industrial metals

Organized crime brings renewed threats to Yanomami in Brazil

Mineral hotspots in the Pan Amazon

The most prominent mining companies in the Pan Amazon – a review

Solutions to avoid loss of environmental, social and governance investment

How real action on environmental justice comes from Latin America’s community alliances (commentary)

Sustainability in the extractive industries is a paradox

Global markets and their effects on resource exploitation in the Pan Amazon

Extractive industries look at degraded land to avoid further deforestation in the Pan Amazon

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