Potassium mining project in Brazil's Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe
Beneath Brazil's Amazon rainforest, one of the planet's largest potassium reserves is fueling tensions between industrial ...
Gold Mining Unleashes a Carbon Time Bomb in the Amazon
Gold mining in Peru’s Amazon is now destroying carbon-storing peatlands at an alarming rate. In just two years, over half of ...
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Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku Indigenous land sees success, but fears remain
This is part one of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Part two, ...
Illegal mining reaches Venezuela’s famed Angel Falls, threatens treasured national park
Deep in the Amazon, Canaima National Park in Venezuela is a green wonderland. Home to Angel Falls, the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world at more than 3,200 feet, it ...
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has done more damage to peatlands in the last two years than in the previous three decades
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has done more damage to peatlands in the last two years than in the previous three decades ...
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Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe
Robson Mura, of the Mura Indigenous community, watches the sunrise at the Moyray village in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) Robson Mura, of the Mura ...
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Potassium mining project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest divides Indigenous tribe
Soares, a small village, is the closest to the planned mining site while nearby Urucurituba ... the mineral in large barges through major Amazon Rivers to reach Mato Grosso State, Brazil's ...