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Mining may contribute to deforestation more than previously thought, report says

World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

International mercury regulations fail to protect the environment, public health: study

Brazilian gold miners get free rein in Venezuela’s Indigenous lands

Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem

Chinese investment continues to hurt Latin American ecosystems, report says

Illegal road found in Yanomami land accelerates destruction

Venezuela’s Yapacana National Park suffering increasing mining deforestation: report

Mercury rising: Why Bolivia remains South America’s hub for the toxic trade

Shady contracts, backdoor deals spur illegal gold mining in Bolivian Amazon

Fighting extractive industries in Ecuador: Q&A with Indigenous rights activist María Espinosa

Big banks fund the heavy machinery used for Amazon deforestation, report says

Brazilian miners ramp up their invasion of Yanomami land in Venezuela

Miners, drug traffickers and loggers: Is Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park on the verge of collapse?

Banks bet big on coal in Indonesia, bucking global shift away from fossil fuel

Court setback doesn’t sway Indonesian villagers fighting a mining firm

New report pieces together toll of environmental damage in Venezuela in 2021

Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital

In Indonesia, a ‘devious’ policy silences opposition to mining, activists say

Mongabay’s 10 hardest-hitting investigations of 2021

Build around the forest, not through it, study says of Sumatra trucking road

An environmental ‘catastrophe’ in Southern Africa lingers with few answers

Mining linked yet again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

Indonesian police may probe coal miners over deforestation-linked floods

Grim toll from Indonesia’s abandoned mines may get even worse, report warns

Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

Planned coal-trucking road threatens a forest haven for Sumatran frogs

Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ

Palm oil plantations, coal mines linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Liberia gave villagers control over their forests. Then a mining company showed up

Indonesian officials linked to mining and ‘dirty energy’ firms benefiting from deregulation law

Indonesia’s miners exploit loopholes to avoid restoring mining sites

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