Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

Amazon gold mining reshapes land, draining moisture and raising temperatures. This creates harsh conditions that stop new ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...

Scientists in a new study have found that gold mining in South America makes restoration of the Amazon rainforest impossible.

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining - not just because the soil is damaged from toxic metals ...

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, ...

Colombia’s deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, with significant reductions in Amazon national ...

The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern against people who speak out against" human rights abuses ...

Potassium Mining Project in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Divides Indigenous Tribe LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s ...

As a result, Bolivia lost 14,800 square kilometres of forest in 2024, the second-most of any country, up 200% from 2023. It ...

LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon ... Potash Corp., a Toronto-based mining company listed in the New York ...