All that glitters is not gold: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and supply chains in Peru

Ashley Smith-Roberts, Sustainable Development Strategies Group (SDSG)

Assessing potential health effect of lead and mercury and the impact of illegal mining activities in the Bonsa river, Tarkwa Nsuaem, Ghana

Abena Obiri-Yeboah PhD, Kumasi Technical University
Emmanuel Kwesi Nyantakyi, University fo Energy and Natural Resources
Abdul Rahim Mohammed BSc, University of Energy and Natural Resources
Saeed Ibn Idris Kofi Yeboah MSc, University of Energy and Natural Resources

Environmental crimes in extractive activities: Explanations for low enforcement effectiveness in the case of illegal gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru

Johanna Espin, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN), Quito, Ecuador & Department of Sociology, Criminology & Law, University of Florida
Stephen Perz, Department of Sociology, Criminology & Law, University of Florida

Gold & Illegal Mining in Brazil in Numbers

Melina Risso, Igarape Institute
Julia Sekula
Lycia Brasil

History, Current Situation and Challenges of Gold Mining In Ecuador's Litoral Region

Carlos Mestanza-Ramon, University of Calabria, Escuela Superior Politencia de Chimborazo
Selene Paz-Mena, Green Amazon, Research Center
Carlos Lopez-Paredes, Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo
Mirian Jimenez-Guiterrez, Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo

Illegal Gold Mining

United States Agency for International Development

Integrated Strategy to Curtail Illegal Gold Mining: A Case Study in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Ongku Parmonangan Hasibuan, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi
Jann Hidajat Tjakraatmadja, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi
Yos Sunitiyoso, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi

Links Between Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining and Organized Crime in Latin America and Africa

Livia Wagner, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Geneva, Switzerland
Marcena Hunter, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Geneva, Switzerland

Mining threatens isolated indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon

Sara Villén-Pérez, Global Change Ecology and Evolution Research Group
Luisa Anaya-Valenzuela, Universidad de Alcalá
Denis Conrado da Cruz, Universidad de Alcalá
Philip M. Fearnside, National Institute for Research in Amazonia

Obstacles to mining formalization in Colombia

James Rochlin, University of British Colombia

Satellites flag deforestation from illegal gold mines in Amazon rainforest

Taylor Kuykendall, S&P Global Market Intelligence

The Gold Standard: Addressing Illicit Financial Flows in the Colombian Gold Sector through Greater Transparency

Global Financial Integrity

The outbreak of illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon boosts deforestation

Juliana Siqueria-Gay, University of Sao Paulo
Luis E. Sanchez, Univeristy of Sao Paulo

The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Columbian Amazon

InSight Crime

Venezuela's Gold Heist: The Symbiotic Relationship between the State, Criminal Networks and Resource Extraction

Bram Ebus, Ultrecht University
Thomas Martinelli, Ivo Research Institute