If tens of thousands of miners turned up in the middle of a protected rainforest to mine for sapphires, you might expect that ...

The environmental footprint of artisanal mining depends on how it’s done – and the effects of alternative land uses like ...

Permits granted for the construction of an industrial mining project in northern Colombia are raising concerns among ...

Deforestation has led to the loss of more than 85 million hectares of land in the Amazon Rainforest. This is nearly the size of Colombia.

Brazilian Legal Amazonia (BLA)—which comprises the entirety of the Amazon Basin located in Brazil and vast adjacent swathes ...

This is the first part of a two-part story. Part one deals with aluminum and steel impacts; Part two explores circular ...

Honduras says it wants to fight deforestation. To really do so, it will need to support environmental activists, many of whom ...

Despite Ghana's existing regulatory framework—anchored by the Minerals and Mining Act (2006) and the Environmental Protection ...

Brazilian Legal Amazonia (BLA) – which comprises the entirety of the Amazon Basin located in Brazil and vast adjacent swathes ...

National Geographic Explorer Josh West has a strong grasp on the role of nuance when it comes to nature's processes, and consequently, when it comes to proposing solutions to environmental issues.

With less than ten days to go until the end of September, Brazil has recorded almost 200 thousand fires since the start of ...

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...