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11 Mongabay investigations in two years. Here’s what we found
Mike DiGirolamo
17 Sep 2021
Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction
Juliana Ennes
3 Sep 2021
Illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon threatens Indigenous communities
Carol Sánchez
24 Aug 2021
An Ecuadoran town that survived illegal miners now faces a licensed operator
Antonio José Paz Cardona
18 Aug 2021
Indigenous Brazilians fear surge in violence as ‘land-grab bill’ nears passage
Ana Ionova
11 Aug 2021
333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows
Maurício Angelo
3 Aug 2021
Brazil prosecutors seek ban on all gold mining in hard-hit Amazonian region
Fernanda Wenzel
16 Jul 2021
Indonesian fishers seize dredging boat in protest against offshore tin mining
Basten Gokkon
13 Jul 2021
Environmental defenders in Ecuador aren’t safe, new report shows
Kimberley Brown
9 Jul 2021
Deforestation soars 40% in Xingu River Basin in Brazilian Amazon
Fernanda Wenzel
2 Jul 2021
Mining exposes Indigenous women in Latin America to high mercury levels
Nicolás Bustamante Hernández
1 Jul 2021
Exhibition showcases Claudia Andujar’s half-century fight for the Yanomami
Sue Branford
24 Jun 2021
Under assault at home, Indigenous leaders get a violent welcome in Brasília
Fernanda Wenzel
24 Jun 2021
With Indigenous rights at stake in Brasília, a territory is attacked in Paraty
Ana Ionova
18 Jun 2021
Myanmar junta’s growing reliance on extractives for cash raises concerns
Carolyn Cowan
18 Jun 2021
Illegal miners block Indigenous leaders headed to protests in Brazil’s capital
Ana Ionova
14 Jun 2021
What’s the cost of illegal mining in Brazil’s Amazon? A new tool calculates it
Shanna Hanbury
11 Jun 2021
World’s richest tin mine pollutes rivers serving Amazon Indigenous villages
Maurício Angelo
4 Jun 2021
In Peru, officials play a losing game of whack-a-mole with illegal miners
Enrique Vera
3 Jun 2021
Deforestation intensifies in northern DRC protected areas
Morgan Erickson-Davis
2 Jun 2021
Mining linked yet again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo
Hans Nicholas Jong
1 Jun 2021
Illegal miners fire shots, burn homes in Munduruku Indigenous Reserve
Ana Ionova
28 May 2021
New clearing of forest in protected area in Brazil linked to mining
Liz Kimbrough
27 May 2021
Brazil court orders illegal miners booted from Yanomami Indigenous Reserve
Shanna Hanbury
21 May 2021
After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further
Mongabay.com
13 May 2021
Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve
Ana Ionova
16 Apr 2021
Nearly half the Amazon’s intact forest on Indigenous-held lands: Report
John Cannon
25 Mar 2021
Anglo American won’t rule out mining on Indigenous lands in the Amazon
Maurício Angelo
19 Mar 2021
Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands
Hyury Potter and Fabio Bispo
17 Mar 2021
Slash-and-burn farming eats away at a Madagascar haven for endangered lemurs, frogs
Edward Carver
9 Mar 2021
Persistence of slave labor exposes lawlessness of Amazon gold mines
Maurício Angelo
4 Mar 2021
Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods
Hans Nicholas Jong
9 Feb 2021
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