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https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d911906ec05fba77e907607f5f8d7570/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d911906ec05fba77e907607f5f8d7570/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d911906ec05fba77e907607f5f8d7570/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d911906ec05fba77e907607f5f8d7570/2400w/80q"/></div><div class="ArticleMain_heroImage__imageFlag__70G_i"><span>explainer</span></div></div></div><div class="col col-24 col-lg-6"><div class="ArticleMain_heroImage__imageCaption__NgA_j"><p>A miner works in an illegal gold mine at an environmental preservation area in the Amazon rainforest, in Itaituba, Para state, Brazil September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Lucas Landau</p></div></div><div class="col col-24 col-lg-18"><div class="ArticleSummary_articleSummary__KD3Cr "><h2>What’s the context?</h2><p>Surging gold prices lead to more illegal mining in the Amazon, contributing to deforestation and pollution on Indigenous lands</p></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><ul> <li>High gold prices fuel mining, deforestation</li> <li>Illegal mining often takes place on Indigenous land</li> <li>Crackdowns on wildcat miners have mixed results</li> </ul> <p>BOGOTA/RIO DE JANEIRO – High gold prices are bad news for the Amazon rainforest, fueling demand for the metal and increasing illegal mining linked to deforestation and violence against Indigenous communities.</p> <p>Prices for the precious metal - traditionally seen as a safe-haven investment during times of political and financial uncertainty - are close to a record high after rising above $2,000 an ounce earlier in April.</p> <h2>Is there gold in the Amazon rainforest?</h2> <p>Gold mining has been taking place in parts of the Amazon basin - spanning nine countries in South America - since the late 16th century.</p> <p>For centuries, miners have used shovels and rudimentary pans to search for small pieces of gold deposited in mud or sand often found in and near rivers running through the Amazon.</p> <p>In recent decades, the Amazon basin has been a focal point of small-scale illegal gold mining, which has skyrocketed since the early 2000s as high gold prices have created a gold rush.</p> <h2>Where are the Amazon's illegal gold mining hotspots?</h2> <p>Brazil, home to the largest share of the Amazon rainforest, along with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela, all have areas heavily impacted by illegal gold mining.</p> <p>Indigenous groups are often affected, with more than <a href="https://www.wri.org/research/undermining-rights-indigenous-lands-and-mining-amazon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20% of Indigenous lands</a> overlapped by mining concessions and illegal mining, according to the World Resources Institute.</p> <p>The largest small-scale mining area in Brazil is around the Tapajós river basin in the northern state of Pará.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Small scale gold mining in the Amazon, Brazil" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/3514e96ab4dbc402216cb5efb2caf81d/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Small scale gold mining in the Amazon, Brazil. Map by Diana Baptista/Thomson Reuters Foundation</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Small scale gold mining in the Amazon, Brazil. Map by Diana Baptista/Thomson Reuters Foundation</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Another hotspot is Indigenous Yanomami lands on the border between Venezuela and Brazil, where <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining-insight-idCAKBN23W2W0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal mining increased 20-fold</a> from 2015 to 2020.</p> <p>Peru is the <a href="https://longreads.trust.org/item/peru-wonder-woman-gold-mining-illegal-Amazon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">world's sixth-largest gold producer</a> and illegal gold mining is widespread in the rainforest region of Madre de Dios along its southeastern border with Brazil, one of the Amazon's most biodiverse corners.</p> <h2>How does illegal mining damage the rainforest?</h2> <p>The hunt for gold has attracted wildcat prospectors who have destroyed forests, poisoned rivers and brought fatal diseases to Indigenous Amazon communities.</p> <p>A series of gold rushes in the past decade in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia have destroyed swathes of once-pristine forest, sometimes leaving in their wake desert-like landscapes strewn with barren craters.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="An aerial view show a wildcat gold mine, also known as a garimpo, at a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest near Crepurizao, in the municipality of Itaituba, Para State, Brazil, August 6, 2017. 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REUTERS/Nacho Doce</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>An aerial view show a wildcat gold mine, also known as a garimpo, at a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest near Crepurizao, in the municipality of Itaituba, Para State, Brazil, August 6, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Mercury, used by illegal miners to separate gold from grit, pollutes rivers and contaminates soil and food.</p> <p>Stagnant water in mining wells also provides breeding sites for mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria, often initially brought into the area by miners.</p> <p>Traffickers in Peru's Madre de Dios region, a gold mining hub, prey on women and girls from poor indigenous farming communities, offering well-paid jobs and then forcing them into sex work in bars frequented by miners.</p></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><h2>What can be done to halt illegal gold mining?</h2> <p>Combating illegal gold mining is complex and authorities have struggled to combat the problem.</p> <p>In April, President Joe Biden announced plans to contribute $500 million to a fund to curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest and stem the drivers of forest clearance, including illegal gold mining.</p> <p>The proposal would need approval by Congress.</p> <p>In recent years, Brazil and Peru's military have raided mining camps, arrested and prosecuted miners, and seized equipment such as river dredgers and bulldozers.</p> <p>In 2019, Peru sent more than a thousand police and military officers to try and eradicate illegal mining in the La Pampa region in Madre de Dios after deforestation soared after a spike in gold prices.</p> <p>And in February, Brazil's environmental protection agency <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-agencies-launch-raid-against-illegal-gold-miners-yanomami-lands-2023-02-08/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched an armed operation</a> to try to expel thousands of illegal gold miners from the country's largest Indigenous reserve, home to the Yanomami people.</p> <p>But law enforcement operations tend to only temporarily halt illegal mining in a particular area. Mines soon spring up elsewhere in what is known as the "balloon effect" - squeezing mining out of one area can make it expand in others.</p> <p>Laws protecting Indigenous rights, including the rights of communities to be consulted about major extractive projects planned in their lands, need to be strengthened to keep miners out, environmentalists say.</p> <p>In Ecuador, Indigenous groups have mounted successful legal challenges before the country's top court to protect their lands from illegal mining.</p> <p>To combat illegal mining, Ecuador's Cofan Indigenous people have also <a href="https://www.context.news/nature/long-read/in-ecuadors-amazon-indigenous-forest-defense-gains-legal-ground" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched Ecuador's first uniformed and tech-backed Indigenous guard</a>, which regularly patrols their lands to keep miners out.</p> <p>(Reporting by Anastasia Moloney in Bogota and Andre Fabio Cabette in Rio de Janeiro; Editing by Tom Finn and Helen Popper)</p></div><hr class="Container_mainDivider__Y3X5_"/><section class="row"><div class="ArticleBodySignature_article__R6JeU"><div class="ArticleBodySignature_article__body__iMxON"><p>Context is powered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom.</p><p>Our Standards: <a href="https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="ArticleBodySignature_link__EnOFh"><u>Thomson Reuters Trust Principles</u></span></a></p></div></div></section></div></div></section><section class=" Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">Tags</h2></div><ul class="Tags_wrapper__OoASR"><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">War and conflict</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Forests</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Indigenous communities</div></li></ul></div></div></section><div class="d-none d-lg-block"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><section class="Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class=""><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">MORE ON Nature</h2></div><div class="MoreOn_container__v1fSZ row "><div class="undefined col-xs-12 col-sm-8"><article class="MoreOn_article__oQxYe"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b MoreOn_imageContainer__BbV6S" style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/nature/opinion/brazil-farming-minister-transform-the-worlds-food-production"><img alt="A local farmer shows bananas at his plantation damaged by flood waters in Careiro da Varzea in the Amazonas state, Brazil May 20, 2022. 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https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2400w/80q"/><div class="ImageFlags_flagLongerRead__E9xCv " role="presentation"><span>Long Read</span></div></a></div></div><div class="GoDeeper_article__content__jQVtq"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Nature" href="/nature"><span>Nature</span></a><span class=""><a href="/nature/long-read/in-ecuadors-amazon-indigenous-forest-defense-gains-legal-ground">In Ecuador's Amazon, indigenous forest defense gains legal ground</a></span></div></div></article><article class="GoDeeper_article__R0peW col-sm-12 col-lg-24"><div class="GoDeeper_article__mainImg__O15vV"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/nature/how-can-brazil-ramp-up-its-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-miners"><img alt="An agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), looks on as a plane and a house belonging to miners are destroyed during an operation conducted jointly within Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and Brazilian National Public Security Force against illegal mining in Yanomami indigenous land in Roraima state, Brazil February 6, 2023" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 60vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2400w/80q"/></a></div></div><div class="GoDeeper_article__content__jQVtq"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Nature" href="/nature"><span>Nature</span></a><span class=""><a href="/nature/how-can-brazil-ramp-up-its-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-miners">Brazil urged to widen illegal mining crackdown after Yanomami raid</a></span></div></div></article><article class="GoDeeper_article__R0peW col-sm-12 col-lg-24"><div class="GoDeeper_article__mainImg__O15vV"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/nature/opinion/the-amazons-gold-rush-is-a-threat-to-law-and-order"><img alt="A Yanomami indian follows agents of Brazil's environmental agency in a gold mine during an operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in Roraima state, Brazil April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 60vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/2400w/80q"/><div class="ImageFlags_flagOpinion__rJtr_ " role="presentation"><span>Opinion</span></div></a></div></div><div class="GoDeeper_article__content__jQVtq"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false ArticleThumb_articleQuoteFlag__86TBS false false" aria-label="opinion"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Nature" href="/nature"><span>Nature</span></a><span class=""><a href="/nature/opinion/the-amazons-gold-rush-is-a-threat-to-law-and-order">The Amazon’s gold rush is a threat to law and order</a></span></div></div></article></div><section class=""><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__Ob6Bs row"><div class="col col-24"><div><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__main___tdPg"><div class="row"><div class="slick-slider CarouselHWGH_carouselMain__XqP4k carouselMain } slick-initialized"><div class="slick-list"><div class="slick-track" style="width:100%;left:0%"><div data-index="0" class="slick-slide slick-active slick-current" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:33.333333333333336%"><div><article class="GoDeeper_article__R0peW col-sm-12 col-lg-24" tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="GoDeeper_article__mainImg__O15vV"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/nature/long-read/in-ecuadors-amazon-indigenous-forest-defense-gains-legal-ground"><img alt="Silvana Nihua, president of the Waorani Organization of Pastaza (OWAP) and leader of 30 communities of about 1,000 Pastaza Waorani people living in riverside villages, stands in pristine Amazon rainforest in the province of Pastaza, Ecuador, on April 26, 2022" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 60vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d033e7f40c5cfc625d7078df2fd91af8/2400w/80q"/><div class="ImageFlags_flagLongerRead__E9xCv " role="presentation"><span>Long Read</span></div></a></div></div><div class="GoDeeper_article__content__jQVtq"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Nature" href="/nature"><span>Nature</span></a><span class=""><a href="/nature/long-read/in-ecuadors-amazon-indigenous-forest-defense-gains-legal-ground">In Ecuador's Amazon, indigenous forest defense gains legal ground</a></span></div></div></article></div></div><div data-index="1" class="slick-slide slick-active" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:33.333333333333336%"><div><article class="GoDeeper_article__R0peW col-sm-12 col-lg-24" tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="GoDeeper_article__mainImg__O15vV"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/nature/how-can-brazil-ramp-up-its-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-miners"><img alt="An agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), looks on as a plane and a house belonging to miners are destroyed during an operation conducted jointly within Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and Brazilian National Public Security Force against illegal mining in Yanomami indigenous land in Roraima state, Brazil February 6, 2023" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 60vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d4bd45d8b21b6687953b70f79c7faa14/2400w/80q"/></a></div></div><div class="GoDeeper_article__content__jQVtq"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Nature" href="/nature"><span>Nature</span></a><span class=""><a href="/nature/how-can-brazil-ramp-up-its-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-miners">Brazil urged to widen illegal mining crackdown after Yanomami raid</a></span></div></div></article></div></div><div data-index="2" class="slick-slide slick-active" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:33.333333333333336%"><div><article class="GoDeeper_article__R0peW col-sm-12 col-lg-24" tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="GoDeeper_article__mainImg__O15vV"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/nature/opinion/the-amazons-gold-rush-is-a-threat-to-law-and-order"><img alt="A Yanomami indian follows agents of Brazil's environmental agency in a gold mine during an operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in Roraima state, Brazil April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 60vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2b3cfcba232212868f765d6066faf5a2/800w/80q 800w, 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role="presentation"><span>Opinion</span></div></a></div></div><div class="GoDeeper_article__content__jQVtq"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false ArticleThumb_articleQuoteFlag__86TBS false false" aria-label="opinion"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Nature" href="/nature"><span>Nature</span></a><span class=""><a href="/nature/opinion/the-amazons-gold-rush-is-a-threat-to-law-and-order">The Amazon’s gold rush is a threat to law and order</a></span></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><hr class="Container_dividerGold__9S2AP GoDeeper_bottomDivider__r8sF9"/></section><section class="Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO" id="the-backstory-container"><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class="undefined"><div class="TheBackstory_title__yTuBw"><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq SectionTitle_goldTitle__T1MPm ">The Backstory</h2></div></div><div id="articlesDiv" class="TheBackstory_widgetWrapper__uhxF3 row"><ul class="TheBackstory_contentWrapper__FUTAM col-24 col-sm-12 col-lg-24"><li class="TheBackstory_content__OqyTj"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/peru-gold-wonderwoman-idUSL5N2GK4C4" class="ReutersLabel_labelTextGold__0aeHG" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Reuters link, opens in new tab" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Thomson Reuters Logo" draggable="false" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" src="/icons/reuters-tab.svg"/></a><span class=""><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/peru-gold-wonderwoman-idUSL5N2GK4C4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><div class="ArticleThumb_newTabIconContainer__cTD3A"><img alt="New Tab Icon" loading="lazy" width="19" height="19" 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tribe</a></span></div></li></ul></div><div class="TheBackstory_carousel__FAWOv"><section class=""><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__Ob6Bs row"><div class="col col-24"><div><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__main___tdPg"><div class="row"><div class="slick-slider CarouselHWGH_carouselMain__XqP4k carouselMain } slick-initialized"><div class="slick-list"><div class="slick-track" style="width:100%;left:0%"><div data-index="0" class="slick-slide slick-active slick-current" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:33.333333333333336%"><div><ul class="TheBackstory_contentWrapper__FUTAM col-24 col-sm-12 col-lg-24" tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><li class="TheBackstory_content__OqyTj"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/peru-gold-wonderwoman-idUSL5N2GK4C4" class="ReutersLabel_labelTextGold__0aeHG" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Reuters 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traditionally seen as a safe-haven investment during times of political and financial uncertainty - are close to a record high after rising above $2,000 an ounce earlier in April.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIs there gold in the Amazon rainforest?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGold mining has been taking place in parts of the Amazon basin - spanning nine countries in South America - since the late 16th century.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, miners have used shovels and rudimentary pans to search for small pieces of gold deposited in mud or sand often found in and near rivers running through the Amazon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, the Amazon basin has been a focal point of small-scale illegal gold mining, which has skyrocketed since the early 2000s as high gold prices have created a gold rush.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere are the Amazon's illegal gold mining hotspots?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrazil, home to the largest share of the Amazon rainforest, along with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela, all have areas heavily impacted by illegal gold mining.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndigenous groups are often affected, with more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.wri.org/research/undermining-rights-indigenous-lands-and-mining-amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e20% of Indigenous lands\u003c/a\u003e overlapped by mining concessions and illegal mining, according to the World Resources Institute.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe largest small-scale mining area in Brazil is around the Tapaj\u0026oacute;s river basin in the northern state of Par\u0026aacute;.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart21":"\u003cp\u003eAnother hotspot is Indigenous Yanomami lands on the border between Venezuela and Brazil, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining-insight-idCAKBN23W2W0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eillegal mining increased 20-fold\u003c/a\u003e from 2015 to 2020.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeru is the \u003ca href=\"https://longreads.trust.org/item/peru-wonder-woman-gold-mining-illegal-Amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eworld's sixth-largest gold producer\u003c/a\u003e and illegal gold mining is widespread in the rainforest region of Madre de Dios along its southeastern border with Brazil, one of the Amazon's most biodiverse corners.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow does illegal mining damage the rainforest?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hunt for gold has attracted wildcat prospectors who have destroyed forests, poisoned rivers and brought fatal diseases to Indigenous Amazon communities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA series of gold rushes in the past decade in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia have destroyed swathes of once-pristine forest, sometimes leaving in their wake desert-like landscapes strewn with barren craters.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart31":"\u003cp\u003eMercury, used by illegal miners to separate gold from grit, pollutes rivers and contaminates soil and food.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStagnant water in mining wells also provides breeding sites for mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria, often initially brought into the area by miners.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraffickers in Peru's Madre de Dios region, a gold mining hub, prey on women and girls from poor indigenous farming communities, offering well-paid jobs and then forcing them into sex work in bars frequented by miners.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart41":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat can be done to halt illegal gold mining?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombating illegal gold mining is complex and authorities have struggled to combat the problem.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April, President Joe Biden announced plans to contribute $500 million to a fund to curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest and stem the drivers of forest clearance, including illegal gold mining.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe proposal would need approval by Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, Brazil and Peru's military have raided mining camps, arrested and prosecuted miners, and seized equipment such as river dredgers and bulldozers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2019, Peru sent more than a thousand police and military officers to try and eradicate illegal mining in the La Pampa region in Madre de Dios after deforestation soared after a spike in gold prices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in February, Brazil's environmental protection agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-agencies-launch-raid-against-illegal-gold-miners-yanomami-lands-2023-02-08/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elaunched an armed operation\u003c/a\u003e to try to expel thousands of illegal gold miners from the country's largest Indigenous reserve, home to the Yanomami people.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut law enforcement operations tend to only temporarily halt illegal mining in a particular area. 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As a consequence, children are orphaned, families impoverished and communities diminished by the loss of mothers, wives, daughters and sisters.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, unlike most other cancers, almost all these cases and deaths can be averted.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Socioeconomic Inclusion","labelLink":"/socioeconomic-inclusion","link":"/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/who-chief-tedros-for-the-first-time-we-could-eliminate-a-cancer","image":"7db01c92b1f651dc6ac3742e5b748c17","altText":"A bottle of Revlimid and pills are seen at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., July 22, 2022. 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The Amazon is dangerously close to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/does-the-amazons-drought-mean-the-forest-is-at-a-tipping-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eirreversible tipping point\u003c/a\u003e, beyond which the forest could turn into a self-drying, highly degraded tropical savanna. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf we \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/global-warming-deforestation-fires-combined-could-hasten-amazon-demise-study-2024-02-14/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eexceed 20-25% deforestation\u003c/a\u003e and global warming reaches 2 to 2.5 degrees Celsius, we\u0026rsquo;ll see a shift that would have profound consequences for biodiversity, climate regulation and the livelihoods of \u003ca href=\"https://www.fao.org/in-action/at-home-in-the-amazon/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e33 million\u003c/a\u003e people and 420 Indigenous communities who live in the Amazon.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Nature","labelLink":"/nature","link":"/nature/opinion/the-amazon-is-not-just-brazils-to-protect-the-g20-must-step-up","image":"be9108398edc313c94fa211f7e23f77f","altText":"Carlos Nobre poses alongside climate leaders as U.S. President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating November 17 as \"International Conservation Day\", in Manaus, Brazil, November 17, 2024. 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As women bear the burden of care work, apps like Uber, DiDi and Rappi offer women flexible working hours, letting them decide when to connect and disconnect from their jobs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut women in this line of work are not only constantly exposed to road accidents or crime, but also gender violence.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Big Tech","labelLink":"/big-tech","link":"/big-tech/video/mexico-is-pushing-for-gig-worker-rights-women-say-its-not-enough","image":"c117e5c1865bf4b91b92d2adbb398404","altText":"A gig worker takes of their helmet in this screengrab for the Context video 'Mexico is pushing for sweeping gig worker rights. 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Relentless rain and floods affected the lives and livelihoods of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/twenty-dead-52-mln-affected-bangladesh-floods-2024-08-25/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e5 million\u0026nbsp;people in 11 districts\u003c/a\u003e in the Eastern part of the country.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we talk about the urgency of a deal on mobilising climate finance, these are the people that we cannot fail. This year\u0026rsquo;s international climate negotiations have to end on a deal towards providing much-needed relief and adaptation to communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Climate Justice","labelLink":"/climate-justice","link":"/climate-justice/opinion/in-a-year-of-climate-disasters-climate-finance-deal-is-imperative","image":"b94af680f72e4560ac3fcd6a67edf9c0","altText":"A man carries his granddaughter on his back while wading through flood water in the Fazilpur area of Feni, Bangladesh, August 26, 2024. 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