Trees in the Peruvian Amazon are silently preserving the history of human activity, including the destructive impacts of gold ...

Brazil’s Federal Police can trace whether gold came from an illegal mine in the Amazon rainforest, and investigators told ...

An Interpol-led operation spanning nine Latin American countries has led to 225 arrests and hundreds of new investigations ...

MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — Sunlight dapples the once-denuded forest floor as saplings spread their branches and leaves overhead, slowly forming a lush canopy. Each sapling is distinct, a reflection of the ...

From above, the Amazon rainforest appears as a dense, emerald-green paradise, but as the plane descends, the damaged landscape becomes visible with its gaping wounds carved by illegal gold mining.

For years, gold mining has been one of Peru’s most pressing environmental challenges, with illegal operations clearing the ...

Loggers were killed last year after entering Mashco Piro territory in Peru's Amazon, with Indigenous leaders warning that ...