A recent study has revealed that certain Amazonian trees can function as natural sensors to track mercury contamination derived from illegal gold mining.
The Ficus insipida, a common tropical species in Latin America, has the ability to accumulate mercury in...
Illegal gold mining has devastated more than 4,000 hectares of the Amazon between 2023 and 2024, disproportionately affecting indigenous communities and contributing to biodiversity loss in Brazil.
According to the report "Toxic Gold" published by Greenpeace Brazil, illegal mining has...
The impacts of illegal gold mining in Brazil are enormous and can be traced in a long chain that affects nature, biodiversity, and human health.
The government and science are still understanding the extent of this damage, with the contribution...
In the last few weeks, devastating images showing the consequences of illegal mining in Colombia have emerged. Hundreds of square kilometers of forests and bodies of water completely devastated by machinery.
According to local authorities' estimates, this practice is carried...
