The Impact of Illegal Mining on the Ghanaian Youth: Evidence From Kwaebibirem District In Ghana

Gabriel Dwomoh, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Kumasi Polytechnic
Edwin Eric Owusu, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Kumasi Polytechnic

Ciénaga de Ayapel, afluente hídrico en aprietos

Carlos Augusto estupiñán Aponte, School of Intelligence and Counterintelligence

Golden Opportunity, or a New Twist on the Resource–Conflict Relationship: Links Between the Drug Trade and Illegal Gold Mining in Colombia

Angelika Rettberg, University of Osnabrück
Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo, Universidad de los Andes

MAAP #104: Major Reduction in Illegal Gold Mining from Peru’s Operation Mercury

Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

The Nexus of Illegal Gold Mining and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Latin America

Verite

Gold mining, conflict and crime in Colombia at the dawn of the 21st century: Prospects for the post-conflict stage in Colombia

Angelika Rettberg, University of Osnabrück
Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo, Universidad de los Andes

La minería ilegal en las regiones Andina y Pacífica de Colombia

Maria Angelica Nivia Latorre, Militar University of New Granada

Mining drives extensive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Laura J. Sonter
Diego Herrera
Damian J. Barrett
Gillian L. Galford

La importancia del abordaje académico de la actividad minera durante el periodo de post-acuerdo

María Alejandra Ramos, University of Rosario
Miguel Matías Cortes Cuenca, University of Rosario

Organized Crime and illegal gold mining in Latin America

Eva Brunner, Global Americans
Ricardo Grande, Global Americans

Organized crime and illegal gold mining in Latin America

Eva Brunner
Ricardo Grande

Gold and Grief in Venezuela's Violent South

International Crisis Group

Illegal Mining and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from the Colombian Gold Rush

Leonardo Bonilla-Mejia

Impact of illegal mining activities on forest ecosystem services: local communities' attitudes and willingness to participate in restoration activities in Ghana

Elizabeth Asantewaa Obeng, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Kwame Antwi Oduro, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Beatrice Darko Obiri, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Haruna Abukari, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

MAAP #96: Gold Mining Deforestation At Record Levels In Southern Peruvian Amazon

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

Troubled Waters along the Guyana-Venezuela Border

Bram Ebus, International Crisis Group

Voces Mineras: Clarifying the future of artisanal and small-scale mining collaborations

Kathleen M. Smits, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Libby McDonald, D-Lab, MIT
Nicole M. Smith, Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Fernando Gonzalez, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru
Gerardo Martinez, Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Oscar Jaime Restrepo, Humanitarian Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines
Silvia Rosas, School of Mines. Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Between Informality and Organized Crime: Criminalization of Small-Scale Mining in the Peruvian Rainforest

Eva Bernett Kempers, University of Antwerp

Corruption and environmental crime in Latin America

Jorum Duri, Transparency International

COVID-19, Rising Gold Prices and Illegal Mining Threaten Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

Peter Veit, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Patricia Quijano Vallejos, World Resources Institute

Diamond Mining, Organized Crime, and Corruption

Dina Siegal, Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University

Digging into the Mining Subculture: The Dynamics of Trafficking in Persons in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining of Peru’s Madre de Dios

Dolores Cortés-McPherson, University of Deusto

Drug trafficking and illegal gold mining share planes and pilots in the Amazon

Hyury Potter

GameChangers 2019: Illegal Mining, Latin America’s Go-To Criminal Economy

James Bargent
Cat Rainsford

Guatemala: Investigation Reveals Rise in Illegal Jade Trafficking that eludes Mining and Environmental Controls

Business & Human Rights Resource Center

Health risk assessment and levels of toxic metals in fishes (Oreochromis noliticus and Clarias anguillaris) from Ankobrah and Pra basins: Impact of illegal mining activities on food safety

Nii Korley Kortei, University of Health and Allied Sciences
Marcus Ekow Heymann, University of Health and Allied Services
Edward Ken Essuman, University of Health and Allied Services
Fidelis Mawunyo Kpodo, University of Health and Allied Services

Illegal gold mining in Indonesia: structure and causes

Ongku P. Hasibuan, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi
Jann H. Tjakraatmadja, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi
Yos Sunitiyoso, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi

Illegal Mining in Venezuela: Death and Devastation in the Amazonas and the Orinoco Regions

Moises Rendon, CSIS
Linnea Sandin, CSIS
Claudia Fernandez, CSIS

Illegal Mining, Guerrillas and Disease: The Revolution’s Legacy to the Indigenous Peoples of the Upper Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve in Venezuela ́s Amazonia

SOS Orinoco, SOS Orinoco

Independence of the justice system and access to justice in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including for violations of economic and social rights, and the situation of human rights in the Arco Minero del Orinoco region

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

La mineria ilegal en venezuela esta intensificando la violencia el ecocidio y la corruption. La comunidad internacional debe actuar

Alessandra Pinna, Freedomhouse

MAAP #115: Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon, Part 1: Peru

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

MAAP #116: Amazon Gold Mining, Part 2: Brazil

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

MAAP #121: Reduction Of Illegal Gold Mining In The Peruvian Amazon

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

MAAP #130: Illegal Gold Mining Down 78% In Peruvian Amazon, But Still Threatens Key Areas

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

Operation Mercury and Illegal Mining in Latin America

Chris Riehl, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Perception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to Eradicate Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

Rejoice Selorm Wireko-Gyebi, University of Energy and Natural Resources
Michael Osei Asibey, Kwame Nkrumah Unversity of Science and Technology
Anne Mette Lykke, Aarhus Univeristy
Owusu Amponsah, Kwame Nkrumah Univeristy of Science and Technology

The Dangerous Couple: Illegal Mining and Water Pollution - A Case Study in Fena River in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Albert Ebo Duncan, University of Cape Coast

The Diversification of Organized Crime into Gold Mining: Domination, Crime Convergence, and Ecocide in Darién, Colombia

Daan Van Uhm, Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University

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

Juliana Siquiera-Gay, Escola Politécnica/USP
Luis E. Sanchez, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo

Undermining Rights: Indigenous Lands and Mining in the Amazon

Peter Veit, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Patricia Quijano Vallejos, World Resources Institute

Unintended effects of illegal economic activities: Illegal gold mining and malaria

Sandra V. Rozo, USC Marshall School of Business

Venezuela: Pandemic and Foreign Intervention in a Collapsing Narcostate

R. Evan Ellis, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Venezuela: Violent Abuses in Illegal Gold Mines

Human Rights Watch

Venezuela: Violent Abuses in Illegal Gold Mines

Human Rights Watch

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

Detecting gold mining impacts on insect biodiversity in a tropical mining frontier with SmallSat imagery

Eric Stoll
Anand Roopsind
Gyanpriya Maharaj
Sandra Velazco

EU–Honduras agreement to reduce illegal timber logging and associated trade enters into force

Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission

Global mining footprint mapped from high-resolution satellite imagery

Liang Tang
Tim T. Werner

Gold Mining in the Amazon Region of Ecuador: History and a Review of Its Socio-Environmental Impacts

Carlos Mestanza-Ramón
Jefferson Cuenca-Cumbicus
Giovanni D’Orio
Jeniffer Flores-Toala

Illegal Mining Set Up Air Bases in the Jungle

Joseph Poliszuk
María Antonieta Segovia
María de los Ángeles Ramírez

Napa Gold Rush: Perceptions of Environmental and Social Change

Luis Garcia Falcon, Florida International University

New US Sanctions Target Russian Corruption in Guatemala’s Mining Sector

Vinicius Madureira, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

AMAZON OBSERVATORY

Barbara Fraser

Beneath The Surface of Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon

Javier Lizcano
Maria Fernanda Ramirez

Brazilian illegal gold miners resilience in French Guiana: The garimpo as an economic and social system

François-Michel Le Tourneau

Can Amazon Countries Save the Rain Forest?

Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations

China in South America. Development consequences for Argentina and Brazil

Leandro Marcelo Bona, Université de Genève
Sergio Martín Páez, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Chinese Mining and Indigenous Resistance in Ecuador

Cintia Quiliconi
Pablo Rodriguez Vasco

Criminal Governance and Productive Enclaves of Illegal Mining in Ecuador

Renato Andres Rivera-Rhon, University of Salamanca
Carlos Emilio Bravo-Grijalva

Digging Into a Toxic Trade: Illegal Mining in Amazon Tri-Border Regions

Juan Diego Cardenas

Digging into the Mining Arc

Bram Ebus

Follow the money: how environmental crime is handled by anti-money laundering systems in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru

Igarape Institute, Igarape Institute

Global mining footprint mapped from high-resolution satellite imagery

Liang Tang
Tim T. Werner

Gold Flows from Venezuela: Supporting due diligence on the production and trade of gold in Venezuela

David Soud Dr
Ian Ralby Dr
Rohini Ralby

Guardians at risk: Confronting corporate abuse in Latin America and the Caribbean

Viviana Krsticevic, Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Human Rights Impacts of Gold Mining in Haiti

OHCHR, OHCHR

Illegal gold miners in French Guinea: a neglected population with poor health

Maylis Douine

Illegal Gold Mining in Peru: A Push Toward Formalization?

Matthew Kleinhenz, Lehigh University

Illegal Mining and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from the Colombian Gold Rush (Spanish Article)

Abadia Luz Karime, Banco de la Republica Colombia

ILLEGAL MINING AND TRAFFICKING IN METALS AND MINERALS

United Nations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Inventory of data on economic activity and deforestation in the Amazon Basin

Igarape Institute, Igarape Institute

Investigating Rainforest Destruction: Finding Illegal Airstrips With the Help of Machine Learning

Jelter Meers
Kuek Ser Kuang Keng
Hyury Potter

Lessons learned on managing the interface between large-scale and artisanal and small-scale gold mining

Edward Bickham, World Gold Council

Mineria Ilegal

RAISG, RAISG

Operation mercury: Impacts of national-level armed forces intervention and anticorruption strategy on artisanal gold mining and water quality in the Peruvian Amazon

Evan N. Dethier
Miles R. Silman
Luis E. Fernandez
Jorge Caballero Espejo

Peace and Environmental Protection in Colombia Proposals for Sustainable Rural Development

Lorenzo Morales

Reduced Environmental Enforcement Fueled a Vast Network of Crime in the Amazon

Hyury Potter

Regulación jurídica de la actividad minera y los conflictos sociales en la Comunidad Campesina Virgen del Rosario de Pampania, 2022

Luis Alexander TORRES MENDOZA

Responding to illegal mining and trafficking in metals and minerals : A good guide to good legislative practices

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime

Stolen Amazon: the roots of environmental crime in five countries

Igarape Institute, Igarape Institute

Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Tri-Border Regions

Igarape Institute, InSight Crime

Stolen Amzon: The roots of enviromental crime in the tri-border region

Insight Crime, Igarape institute

Technology and State Capacity: Experimental Evidence from Illegal Mining in Colombia

Santiago Saavedra, Faculty of Economics

The Companies Accused of Buying Latin America's Gold

Oscar Castilla

“The Situation Will Most Likely Turn Ugly”: Corporate Counter-Insurgency and Sexual Violence at a Canadian-Owned Mine in Guatemala

Simon Granovsky-Larsen

The United States Needs a Shift in Perspective on Mining

Morgan Bazilian, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Simon Lomax, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tracking Amazon Gold

Charlie Espinosa
Kelsey Beyeler