Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

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is at the heart of the country’s illegal gold-mining trade, so a friend suggested raising the money by having sex with miners, deep in the Amazon. “Going to the mines is a roll of the dice ...

Illegal gold miners will cease their operations when gold is no longer as valued as bitcoin, solving the destruction of ecosystems in the Amazon. Puerto Maldonado in Peru's Madre de Dios province ...

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Voters were asked whether to ban mining in the highlands and further oil drilling in Yasuni National Park in the Amazon. With over 90% of the ballots counted, some six in 10 Ecuadorians rejected ...

Their quest for gold devastated this section of the Amazon. But it’s now a symbol of hope. Silman is part of an international team studying how to restore forestland wiped out by mining.

The jungle is crisscrossed with miles upon miles of airstrips for transporting machinery in and gold out, and the rivers are dotted with hulking mining barges. Across the Amazon, drug runners have ...