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The quicksilver demon: rogue gold-mining is the world’s largest source of mercury pollution

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 20 Nov 2013

Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2013

Video of Amazon gold mining devastation goes viral in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Sep 2013

Colombian mining dispute highlights legislative disarray

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 27 Jun 2013

Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll

Anne Usher 3 Jun 2013

Scientists discover high mercury levels in Amazon residents, gold-mining to blame

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

U.S. company’s open pit gold mine in UNESCO reserve in Mexico raises concerns

Tanya Dimitrova 28 May 2013

To win concessions in Aceh, mining company hires official being investigated for graft

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2013

Mining company working with Indonesian govt to strip forest of protected status

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Apr 2013

Brazilian agency rejects Canadian company’s bid to mine controversial Amazon dam site for gold

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2013

Miners win ruling over indigenous groups in Guyana

Jeremy Hance 29 Jan 2013

Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Mining boom in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2012

Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2012

El Salvador mulls total ban on mining

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 22 Oct 2012

Survivors say gold miners in helicopter massacred village of 80 in Venezuelan Amazon

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

Controversial deep sea mining project approved in Papua New Guinea, first of its kind

Jeremy Hance 9 Aug 2012

Peru considers big changes to its environmental reviews

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2012

Brazil cripples illegal gold mining operations in indigenous territory

Jeremy Hance 18 Jul 2012

Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: a view from the ground

Katy Ashe 15 Mar 2012

Tourism for biodiversity in Tambopata

Ryan King 27 Feb 2012

Saving the world’s biggest river otter

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

Thousands protest giant gold mine in Peru’s mountains

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2011

Peruvian authorities raid illegal gold mining operations

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2011

High gold price triggers rainforest devastation in Peru

Barbara Fraser 11 Oct 2011

Picture of the day: the high price of gold for the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 11 Aug 2011

Indonesia’s moratorium allows mining in protected forests

Mongabay.com 23 May 2011

REDD project developer Carbon Conservation partly acquired by mining company

Mongabay.com 3 May 2011

Demand for gold pushing deforestation in Peruvian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 19 Apr 2011

First strike against illegal gold mining in Peru: military destroys miners’ boats

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2011

Epidemic hits Amazonian indigenous group

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2010

Jalan Raya Hutan Hujan Peru Picu Melandanya Penggundulan Hutan, Menurut Pemetaan Baru Hutan 3D

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Sep 2010

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