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

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

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 ...

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

Amazon rainforest deforestation is reshaping the planet’s climate. It affects rainfall, raises global temperatures, and ...

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

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more ...

The Brazilian environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a license to blast a natural rock barrier on the Tocantins River in Pará ...