"We are concerned." Researchers make alarming discovery after expedition through the Amazon River: 'Exposure at high levels ...

Natalia Cavalcante says she built a house on the profits from sex work Dayane Leite never wanted to become a sex worker but at the age of 17 her husband died of a heart attack and she couldn’t ...

Scientists use tech to analyze "DNA of Brazilian gold" Illegal gold mining surged as Bolsonaro weakened controls Artisanal mining is now big business for criminal gangs BRASILIA, Dec 14 (Reuters ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Brazil’s Tapajós River Basin emits 16 metric tons of CO2 per kilo of gold produced, and 2.5 metric tons of mercury annually, a study has found.

Illegal gold miners will cease their operations when gold is no longer as valued as bitcoin, solving the destruction of ecosystems in the Amazon. Puerto Maldonado in Peru's Madre de Dios province ...

The project AURUM - Preventing Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon aims to strengthen institutional responses and capacities for preventing illegal mining and mercury trafficking, considering the ...

Stunning rare photographs published by Nasa have revealed the extent of gold mining - much of it thought to be illegal - in Peru's Amazon rainforest. The "rivers of gold" captured in the images ...

Illegal gold mining, driven by record-high global prices for the precious metal, continues to plague the Amazon, contaminating rivers with mercury and threatening Indigenous communities.

Years of illegal gold mining in Peru have taken a serious toll on the Amazon rainforest. No one knew the full extent of the damage until a research team from the Carnegie Institution of Science ...

In today’s uncertain economic conditions, gold mining stocks are leveraging rising gold prices and technological advancements ...

Illegal gold mining in southeastern Peru has fueled the destruction of a massive swath of rainforest and the killing of dozens of environmental activists. By Lisa Cavazuti, Cynthia McFadden, Kevin ...

Dayane Leite never wanted to become a sex worker but at the age of 17 her husband died of a heart attack and she couldn’t pay for the funeral. Her home town, Itaituba in Brazil’s northern Para ...