Metal contamination associated with mining activities has been considered one of the main
environmental pollution problems in the Amazon region. Understanding the levels of metal …

This article reviews the use of amalgamation in artisanal gold mining (AGM) and the barriers
to reducing mercury use and emissions from the sector. In 2012, AGM accounted for …

Gold mining in Amazonia involves forest removal, soil excavation, and the use of liquid
mercury, which together pose a major threat to biodiversity, water quality, forest carbon …

Gold mining has rapidly increased in western Amazonia, but the rates and ecological
impacts of mining remain poorly known and potentially underestimated. We combined field …

Determining the species compositions of local assemblages is a prerequisite to
understanding how anthropogenic disturbances affect biodiversity. However, biodiversity …

The current global gold rush, driven by increasing consumption in develo** countries and
uncertainty in financial markets, is an increasing threat for tropical ecosystems. Gold mining …

Land use conflicts are becoming increasingly apparent from local to global scales. Surface
gold mining is an extreme source of such a conflict, but mining impacts on local livelihoods …

Mining regions undergo abrupt and extensive land use change, the impacts of which pose
management challenges for mining companies and regulatory agencies. In this study we …

Resource wars face greater difficulties to end conflict, as well as greater probabilities of
relapse. In part, this is due to the persistence of resource-fueled criminal networks …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …