MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — Sunlight dapples the once-denuded forest floor as saplings spread their branches and leaves overhead, slowly forming a lush canopy. Each sapling is distinct, a reflection of the ...
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds ...
By Adriano Machado, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 (Reuters) - Billions of dollars worth of gold is ...
SAO PAULO — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to ...
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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 ...
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