By David Brown Small-scale gold mining is a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon, and researchers found that in Guyana ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

Gold prices soar. Illegal mining spreads. The Amazon rainforest pays the price. NHK traveled to Peru's front lines to examine ...

By Adriano Machado, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 (Reuters) - Billions of dollars worth of gold is ...

Indigenous chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire is once again preparing to lead a group of warriors to chase wildcat gold miners away from his people's territory in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. In February, guns ...

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is ...

BRASILIA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Environmental enforcement agents deep in the Amazon rainforest swooped down on an illegal mine in a dawn raid in early November, in a campaign to tamp down on such ...

Global demand for critical minerals, used to build drones and electric cars, is surging, setting off a new wave of criminality in the world’s largest rainforest. — Victor Moriyama/The New York Times ...

On a hot afternoon deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, Indigenous chief Megaron soaps himself and enjoys a quick swim in the ...