Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest has long been a source of environmental degradation and human health risks. Now, ...

Mongabay followed the steps of Adriano Aguiar de Castro, who, according to authorities, jumped from one gold laundering ...

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

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ramp ...

From above, the Amazon rainforest appears as a dense, emerald-green paradise, but as the plane descends, the damaged ...

Ernesto Benavides / AFP via Getty Images Gold mining has ramped up across the Amazon rainforest in recent years, leaving devastated landscapes behind. Small-scale—and usually illegal—mining ...

Criminal groups behind are placing the region’s vast biodiversity, fragile ecosystems, and Indigenous ways of life, under ...

For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today ... mining activity and lower at the mining-impacted site adjacent to protected forest and the sites far from mining ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...