by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 15, 2026 | Analysis, Brazil, Conservation, Land & Territorial Rights, Resource Extraction
An illegal gold-mining site carved into the Amazon rainforest, 2026. Photograph by CAJ Staff Photographer. A new Brazilian bill aims to accelerate Brazil’s role in the global critical minerals race, but environmental experts warn that the legislation is...
by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Aug 15, 2026 | Colombian Amazon Focus, Deforestation, Gold Mining & Garimpo, Illegal Roads and Infrastructure, Indigenous Sovereignty, Indigenous Territories and Rights, Investigation, Mercury Contamination
A Nukak camp on cleared ground in the Colombian Amazon, May 2026. Photograph by CAJ Staff Photographer. An investigation by Earth Journalism Network, “Gold of Abandonment,” documents how Indigenous communities along the Inírida River in Guainía, Colombia,...
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