Colombia’s Constitutional Court did not allow a Canadian company could take gold from a luxuriant natural park in the Amazon, home to ancient indigenous communities.
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High-resolution view of illegal gold mining in La Pampa (Madre de Dios, Peru)
The images describe the expansion of deforestation by gold mining until February 2015 in the area known as La Pampa, located in the Madre de Dios region in the south of the Peruvian Amazon.
From Medellin to America: The gold route in Colombia
Between 2010 and 2014 Colombia exported 310 tons of gold. OjoPúblico found that over 70% of this volume was destined to US companies, mainly Republic Metals Corporation and the Metalor group.
Dirty gold from Ecuador goes on commercial flights to United States
OjoPúblico acceded to Ecuatorians records of exports of gold, and identified 140 companies that sent on commercial flights 74 tons of gold abroad, which had as main destinations US companies between 2011 and 2014.
Illegal mining: the millionaire trace of Swiss refineries
Prosecutor identifies Swiss companies MKS and Metalor in money laundering on investigations against their suppliers of gold in Madre de Dios, Peru.
Mining closed in Amapá extracted gold and wood illegally in Brazilian state of Amapa
Owner had license to extract tantalite in an area of 30 hectares. Inspection identified river deviation and soil contamination by mercury.
Book on illegal mining in five countries of the Amazon: Routes of Illegal Gold
Publication presents research conducted in Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru about illegal mining, gold trading and the destiny of this metal whose extraction is causing serious damage to the forests of the Amazon.
NGO will present research on illegal gold mining in the Amazon
Mining areas and routes of illegal gold commercialization in border areas of five countries of the Amazon Basin (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil) are unveiled and discussed in “The routes of illegal gold. Case studies in five Amazonian countries”
#LaRutaDelOro: Illegal mining was merciless with the Amazon
#LaRutaDelOro Research in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia shows how the expansion of illegal gold mining is not only degrading part of the reserve of biodiversity in the Amazon, but drastically changing the lives of its inhabitants.
The Routes of Gold: Webdocumentary shows informal mining in the PanAmazon
The documentary “The Gold route” is a revealing trip through various regions of the Amazon in which s can discover the routes regarding illegal extraction of gold and its subsequent social and environmental impacts