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Gold mining damages dung beetle communities in the Amazon, study finds

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

Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds

By Adriano Machado, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 (Reuters) - Billions of dollars worth of gold is ...
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Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains

SAO PAULO (AP) — The medals were billed as the most sustainable ever produced. To match the festive spirit of South America’s first Olympics, officials from Brazil, the host country for the 2016 games ...
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Gold rush fuels Amazon deforestation and mercury poisoning in Brazil’s protected areas

A surge in global gold prices has ignited a renewed mining rush within Brazil's Amazon rainforest, leading to an alarming acceleration of deforestation in protected areas and pushing mercury ...
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Amid illegal Amazon gold mining, Indigenous land defenders get reinforcements

Following years of escalating violence by illicit mining operations in the Amazon, Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Safety has sent federal police, a joint military-civilian unit, environmental ...
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Opinion: The global gold rush puts the Amazon rainforest at greater risk

Robert Muggah is co-founder of the Brazil-based Igarapé Institute and SecDev Group. He is a fellow at Princeton University, Singularity University, Bosch Academy, the Chicago Council for Global ...