Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury ...

Gold rush fuels Amazon deforestation and mercury poisoning in Brazil’s protected areas - Gold prices have surged in recent ...

Global demand for critical minerals, used to build drones and electric cars, is surging, setting of a new wave of criminality ...

A surge in gold prices has led to increased illegal mining in Brazil's Amazon, causing significant deforestation and mercury ...

World leaders and delegates are meeting in the northern Brazilian city of Belém for COP30, this year's major UN climate summit. Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

The construction often requires archaeological surveys before the paving starts, and some of the latest discoveries have ...

Low-cost fashion retailer H&M said Friday it is suspending leather purchases from Brazil to make sure it is not supporting cattle farming that may be contributing to the fires in the Amazon rainforest ...

A new study has found that 60% of the Amazon remains hidden. It suggests the region has unknown tribes and species we are yet ...