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Amazon gold rush destroying huge swaths of rainforest

John Cannon 14 Jan 2015

Edited Reality: What I Learned from Filming Eaten Alive

Paul Rosolie 22 Dec 2014

Indigenous communities ‘among the very few best protectors’ of Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 12 Dec 2014

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

Top scientists raise concerns over commercial logging on Woodlark Island

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2014

‘River wolves’ recover in Peruvian park, but still remain threatened inside and out (photos)

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2014

Under pressure over pollution complaints, Aceh calls for closure of gold mines

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Aceh backtracking on mining moratorium, continues to issue permits

Loren Bell 13 Aug 2014

A paradise being lost: Peru’s most important forests felled for timber, crops, roads, mining

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Aug 2014

The price of gold: winners and losers in Latin America’s mining industry

Meghan Walsh 5 Mar 2014

The making of Amazon Gold: once more unto the breach

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 Feb 2014

Journalists win environmental news reporting prizes

Mongabay.org 10 Dec 2013

Gold mine near controversial Belo Monte dam suspended

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2013

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

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