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An underground gold war in Colombia is ‘a ticking ecological time bomb’

Joshua Collins 31 Dec 2024

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

Fernanda Wenzel 20 Dec 2024

Recycling gold can tackle illegal mining in the Amazon, but is no silver bullet

Sarah Brown 13 Dec 2024

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

Daniel Camargos, from Repórter Brasil 2 Dec 2024

Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish

Kevin Damasio 27 Nov 2024

Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2024
Illegal mining in the Munduruku Indigenous Territory in 2020. Image by Marizilda Cruppe/Amazônia Real/Amazon Watch.

Brazil sets a date to remove illegal miners from Munduruku land, more details await

Jenny Gonzales 6 Nov 2024

Mining and logging threaten Bolivia’s newest protected area

Iván Paredes Tamayo 24 Oct 2024
Canopy coverage over a coffee farm in Los Farallones de Cali, Colombia. Image by Alex Reep for Mongabay.

At COP16, conservationists will be neighbors with the legacy of fortress conservation (commentary)

Alex Reep, Charlotte Sangouard 18 Oct 2024

Ghana to repeal pro-mining legislation amid protests, but activists demand more

Malavika Vyawahare and Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda 16 Oct 2024

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

Arturo Torres, Dan Collyns 3 Oct 2024

Brazil cracks down on illegal gold mining, sparking anger in the Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 27 Sep 2024

Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns

Maxwell Radwin 20 Sep 2024
Gold mining erodes land cover in Pahuwato.

25-fold surge in malaria at Indonesia gold frontier raises deforestation questions

Zulkifli Mangkau 16 Sep 2024

Wildcat miners: will cyanide displace mercury?

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Sep 2024

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

Fernanda Wenzel 9 Sep 2024

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Sep 2024

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

Fernanda Wenzel 2 Sep 2024
Battsengel Lkhamdoorov stands next to one of the summer quarters built by Oyu Tolgoi.

Rio Tinto-linked mine still not fulfilling promises to Mongolian herders

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 28 Aug 2024
Bole of a large tree near Ghana's Oda River, showing its rough bark and the canopy high above. Image by aripeskoe2 via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

As Ghana pushes mining in forests, a cautionary tale from a fading forest

Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda 28 Aug 2024
A man standing amidst mining pits raises a pickaxe; his companion directs dirty water from a hose towards his feet. Image by Élodie Toto for Mongabay.

Ghana hollows out forests and green protections to advance mining interests

Malavika Vyawahare 28 Aug 2024
Illegal mining is spreading in the Amazonian rivers that enter the Madidi National Park in Bolivia.

A national park and its rangers in Bolivia endure persisting road construction, illegal mining

Iván Paredes Tamayo 16 Aug 2024

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

Timothy J. Killeen 15 Aug 2024
Small-scale miner using mercury while gold panning at an informal mine operation in Paracale, Camarines Norte, Philippines.

Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?

Aimee Gabay 13 Aug 2024

Mining gold in the greenstone belt of Panamazonia

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Aug 2024

Expanding the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon through gold mining

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Aug 2024

Activists ask for help combatting violence against Nicaragua’s Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jul 2024

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Jul 2024
Madre de Dios in the Peruvian Amazon observed the extent of river damage due to gold mining.

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

Fernanda Wenzel 26 Jul 2024

What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jul 2024

Minerals for agricultural use can already be found in Amazonia

Timothy J. Killeen 19 Jul 2024
Mercury being used to agglomerate gold.

Report reveals widespread use of smuggled mercury in Amazon gold mining

Fernanda Wenzel 17 Jul 2024

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