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Bricks of processed gold. Photo via Pixabay.

Guilty pleas entered in South American rainforest gold laundering cases

Genevieve Belmaker 8 Sep 2017

Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’

Sean Mowbray 1 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Indians on the march in last ditch effort to stop land theft

Sue Branford 14 Aug 2017

Brazilian firm wants to build new dams in Amazon’s Aripuanã basin

Sue Branford 10 Aug 2017
Three of Colombia’s eight most critically deforested areas lie in Guaviare, one of the country’s departments. Photo courtesy of Semana Sostenible

In Colombia, deforestation gangs run rampant

Antonio José Paz Cardona 8 Aug 2017

Five instances in which Peru won the battle against deforestation

Milton López Tarabochia 2 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Aug 2017
A few miners continue to work an old mine called Andasiakondro, where a ruby rush drew some 10,000 people in 2002.

What happens after a mining rush? Photographs from Madagascar

Arnaud De Grave 31 Jul 2017

Illegal mining threatens last remaining habitat of green peafowl in China

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jul 2017

Norway vexed as Brazil sends mixed message on Amazon forest protection

Jenny Gonzales 27 Jun 2017

Brazil on verge of legitimizing Amazon land theft on a grand scale, warn NGOs

Mauricio Torres, Isabel Harari, Sue Branford 15 Jun 2017
In Chocó there are many small shops that refine, sell and buy locally mined gold. Photo by Bram Ebus for Mongabay.

Colombia’s constitutional court grants rights to the Atrato River and orders the government to clean up its waters

Bram Ebus 22 May 2017
Rock formations near San José del Guaviare. Photo by Laura Dixon for Mongabay.

Guaviare: Colombia’s frontline in the country’s battle to stop deforestation in the Amazon

Laura Dixon 8 May 2017

7 new frogs discovered in India, some smaller than a thumbnail

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Feb 2017

Proposed Trump policy threatens Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorilla

Sharon Guynup 21 Feb 2017

The Philippines declares more than 100,000 acres as critical habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2017

New species of poison frog discovered in Amazonian slopes of Andes in southeastern Peru

Mike Gaworecki 17 Jan 2017

Newscast #7: Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia? Maybe, maybe not.

Mike Gaworecki 13 Dec 2016

Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans

Benji Jones 24 Nov 2016

Gold mining invades new areas of Peruvian Amazon

Benji Jones 11 Nov 2016

Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Oct 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

Gold mining deforestation in Peruvian reserve surpasses 450 hectares

Benji Jones 13 Oct 2016

Struggle against mining on Bangka Island continues despite wins in court

M Ambari 11 Oct 2016
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Signs of regrowth offer hope for Peruvian rainforest cleared for gold

Benji Jones 5 Oct 2016

Deforestation jumps into Peru reserve, 1,600 hectares of rainforest lost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Sep 2016

Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Aug 2016

Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jul 2016

Gold mining shifts course of Peruvian river, ‘will destroy’ ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 May 2016
High security fence at the Marange diamond fields. Security is tight but poverty in nearby communities drives many to attempt to break in and pan for diamonds illegally. Those caught risk beatings and torture by government and mine security forces. Photo by Andrew Mambondiyani.

Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds

Andrew Mambondiyani 15 Mar 2016

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