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 ...

Beneath the rising sun, people from nearby Indigenous communities navigate across the Vaupés River in traditional wooden ...

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

SAI CINZA, Brazil (Reuters) -Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, ...

LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru, Aug 5 (Reuters) - In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil's Amazon to the ...

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What can the rich countries of the world do to help preserve the Amazon? The European Parliament passed a law in April that would require companies selling commodities such as soy, beef, cocoa and ...

Gold mining is literally sucking the Amazon rainforest dry, creating an environment where trees cannot grow, according to a new study. Researchers found that suction mining not only degrades the soil, ...