illegal mining

A member of the Waorani community navigates the waters of Yasuní National Park

Guiyero: A Community Encircled by Mining Exploitation in Ecuador

Esteban Andrés Cárdenas Verdesoto

A view of islands in a river or body of water in a forested area

Gold Mining Desecrates Sacred Sites and Damages Health in Kichwa Ancestral Lands

Elizabeth Virkina Swanson Andi

Ibama raid on an illegal mining camp

Lawless Mining Gangs Target the Brazilian Amazon’s Precious Green Energy Minerals

Sam Cowie

Indigenous communities warn about the serious problems generated by illegal mining in the territory.

Madre de Dios Gold in the Peruvian Amazonia Continues to Flow to Switzerland

Roberth Joel Orihuela Quequezana

River and boats

Unenforceable Legislation Fails to Curb Illegal Mining or Protect Indigenous Rights in Peru

Francisco Chuquicallata Reategui

Mining in the forest

Traces Of Illegal Gold In Puerto Inca, Peru

Eduardo Arias Gonzales

Illegal mining in Ecuador and Peru is a worrying phenomenon that affects both local communities and the environment.

Mining Pits Communities Against Each Other on the Mayo River in Peru and Ecuador

Cristian Rodriguez

Caterine Mishell Rosales

river lanscape

Gold of Abandonment: How Communities in Guainía, Colombia Allied With Informal Mining

Edwin Suárez

Mining field

Gold Has No Seed: A Story of Illegal Mining in Ecuador

María Gabriela Verdezoto Landívar

Forest from the air

Cotuhé: The Forgotten Frontier in Peru

Daniel Yovera Soto

Iris Saw Munduruku and her daughter Akay Buray Munduruku, from the Sawre Aboy village, in the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land, of the Munduruku ethnic group, which is in the municipality of Trairão, in the southwest of Pará.

Mercury Contamination Affecting Health of Munduruku Women and Children in Brazil

Ana Bottallo Quadros

Illegal mining invades the rivers

Life and Gold in the Peruvian Amazon: The Fight of Indigenous Peoples Against Illegal Mining

Goreti

Illegal mining invades the rivers

The Glitter of Gold Brings Death to Loreto Rivers of the Peruvian Amazon

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gold mining activity in the Nanay river

The Fear of a Gold Rush Looms Large Along Peru's Nanay River

Juan José Fernández

An encaged jaguar at the Quistococha Zoo in Iquitos, Peru. Much of the wildlife at the facility is rescued from the wildlife trade, one of the key areas of environmental crime. (Image: Karin Pezo / Alamy)

New Global Initiative Aims to Step Up Fight Against Environmental Crime

Fermin Koop

A woman, with one arm raised, stands beside a basket filled with coal in a tract of land littered with stones and debris.

Workers Pushed to the Brink as Collieries Shut Down in Margherita, India

PURNIMA SAH

A dirt road runs in front of piles of sand and machinery

Part 2: A River Ruined—Are India’s Mining Laws Doing Enough?

Varsha Singh

A boat with a group of men onboard depart from the sandy bank of a river

Part 1: India’s Yamuna River Faces a 'Slow Death' From Sand Mining

Varsha Singh

green swamp scenery

Crime and Environmental Destruction Around Sri Lanka’s Kumbukkan Oya

ARUL KARKI