Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal gold mining on the nearby ...

The TFFF fund launched at COP30 aims to pay communities to protect the rainforest, but will it be enough? On French Guiana's ...

One small Indigenous territory is currently the site of roughly 70% of deforestation in Indigenous territories across the ...

Brazil expands gold-tracing to combat cross-border smuggling Interpol's Gaia Project supports global adoption of Brazil's tracing method Amazon Police Cooperation Center aids in tackling environmental ...

It’s a toxic combination that is enriching criminal gangs and corrupt officials across the region, as the price of gold touches new highs on world markets.

Munduruku people in Brazil are battling miscarriages and loss of sight and sound, a community leader tells Sky News.

Highway projects bring destruction to the rainforest and surrounding ecosystems in South America. One connecting Brazil and ...

THE MINERS’ chants filled the main square of Trujillo, a city on Peru’s northern coast. Many of them had travelled from Pataz, a province deep in the Andean hinterlands where a gang recently murdered ...

Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon have started displaying signs of mercury poisoning as illegal gold mining in ...