In the remoteAmazon rainforest, trees are becoming unexpected sentinels against environmental destruction caused by illegal ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

Illegal gold mining remains rampant in the Amazon rainforest despite government efforts to curb it, reveals new analyses of satellite data from 2023 ...

At least 63 out of 219 peatland areas have been affected by mining, putting more than 10,000 hectares (about 25,000 acres) at immediate risk, with the possibility that as much as 14.5 million metric ...

Illegal gold mining in Indigenous Brazilian territories declined under President Lula, but challenges remain, Greenpeace report says.

There’s a chance the gold ring on your finger or the chain around your neck has a link to the prolific destruction of the Amazon rainforest ... of small-scale gold mining in the southern ...