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Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Amazon – And Trees Could Expose It All!
In the remoteAmazon rainforest, trees are becoming unexpected sentinels against environmental destruction caused by illegal gold mining. New research shows that mercury pollution, a toxic byproduct of ...
Indigenous march in Brazil to demand more land be set aside for their stewardship
With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s ...
Trees can snitch on illegal gold miners in the Amazon
Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon ...
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Trees capture toxic fingerprint of gold mining in the Amazon
Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...
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The power of durable conservation in Brazil
To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) ...