Behind the rising price of gold, she said, lie poisoned rivers, razed forests and Indigenous communities jostling to defend their ancestral lands from the rising wave of illegal mining.
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Behind the rising price of gold, she said, lie poisoned rivers, razed forests and Indigenous communities jostling to defend their ancestral lands from the rising wave of illegal mining.
read more... https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/07/17/43604
The organization says gold extraction often involves mercury, which can contaminate rivers and enter the food chain through fish, directly affecting communities that depend on fishing, agriculture, hunting and forest resources for their livelihoods.
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This case study highlights three aspects of its work: organizational support for the mining formalization process, with a focus on women artisanal miners; technical assistance in collaboration with the scientific community to introduce “responsible” mining practices such as mercury-free shake tables and reforestation; and entrepreneurial support for alternative forest-based livelihoods.