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11 Mongabay investigations in two years. Here’s what we found

Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction

Illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon threatens Indigenous communities

An Ecuadoran town that survived illegal miners now faces a licensed operator

Indigenous Brazilians fear surge in violence as ‘land-grab bill’ nears passage

333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows

Brazil prosecutors seek ban on all gold mining in hard-hit Amazonian region

Indonesian fishers seize dredging boat in protest against offshore tin mining

Environmental defenders in Ecuador aren’t safe, new report shows

Deforestation soars 40% in Xingu River Basin in Brazilian Amazon

Mining exposes Indigenous women in Latin America to high mercury levels

Exhibition showcases Claudia Andujar’s half-century fight for the Yanomami

Under assault at home, Indigenous leaders get a violent welcome in Brasília

With Indigenous rights at stake in Brasília, a territory is attacked in Paraty

Myanmar junta’s growing reliance on extractives for cash raises concerns

Illegal miners block Indigenous leaders headed to protests in Brazil’s capital

What’s the cost of illegal mining in Brazil’s Amazon? A new tool calculates it

World’s richest tin mine pollutes rivers serving Amazon Indigenous villages

In Peru, officials play a losing game of whack-a-mole with illegal miners

Deforestation intensifies in northern DRC protected areas

Mining linked yet again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve

New clearing of forest in protected area in Brazil linked to mining

Brazil court orders illegal miners booted from Yanomami Indigenous Reserve

After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further

Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve

Nearly half the Amazon’s intact forest on Indigenous-held lands: Report

Anglo American won’t rule out mining on Indigenous lands in the Amazon

Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands

Slash-and-burn farming eats away at a Madagascar haven for endangered lemurs, frogs

Persistence of slave labor exposes lawlessness of Amazon gold mines

Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

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