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South America's Most Powerful Criminal Group Continues Its Invasion of the Amazon Forest in Search of Gold
SEATTLE - Recent reports are signaling that Brazil's biggest and best-organized criminal organization known as Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), or First Capital Command, continues to take ...
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Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units
As a result, deforestation linked to garimpos in the Amazon plummeted by 30% compared ... lost 13,000 hectares (32,123 acres) of forest to illegal gold mining in 2023, according to a report ...
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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024
“If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... a consultant for Crisis Group in Latin America. “Illegal gold ...
U.S. Forest Service approves Stibnite Gold Mine in Central Idaho
The U.S. Forest Service has issued a final record of decision approving the Stibnite Gold Mine Project in Central Idaho’s ...
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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024
2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest ... a consultant for Crisis Group in Latin America. “Illegal gold mining is expanding rapidly, driven by soaring global prices, and the revenues ...