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

Co-directed by Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman, the documentary introduces us to several competing concerns: ...

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

A record fire season in Brazil last year caused the rate of deforestation to accelerate, in a blow to President Luiz Inacio ...

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 by toxic metals, ...

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

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

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 ...

Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon, looking out at the ... Now, Brazil Potash Corp., a Toronto-based mining company listed in the New York Stock ...