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To learn more about the study on illegal gold mining in Brazil’s Tapajós Basin, read the @gbif.org article here: www.gbif.org/data-use/48B...
Not worth its weight in gold: impacts of illegal gold mining in the Amazon
Study assessed combined environmental and health impacts of illegal, small-scale gold mining, finding societal costs more than double the potential value
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August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
To learn more about the study on illegal gold mining in Brazil’s Tapajós Basin, read the @gbif.org article here: www.gbif.org/data-use/48B...
"Gold Reimagined" also reflects on lessons from supporting innovators and calls for greater collaboration to scale these solutions across the Amazon and beyond.
📘 Download the report here: www.conservationxlabs.com/gold-reimagi...
📘 Download the report here: www.conservationxlabs.com/gold-reimagi...
Gold Reimagined Report
Conservation X Labs released the Gold Reimagined Report, with the outcomes and lessons learned from its Artisanal Mining Grand Challenges conducted between 2019 and 2022.
www.conservationxlabs.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Gold Reimagined" also reflects on lessons from supporting innovators and calls for greater collaboration to scale these solutions across the Amazon and beyond.
📘 Download the report here: www.conservationxlabs.com/gold-reimagi...
📘 Download the report here: www.conservationxlabs.com/gold-reimagi...
Earlier this year, we published "Gold Reimagined", spotlighting solutions we’ve supported through the #ASMChallenge. These include innovations in restoration and remediation, monitoring systems, and tools to assess the social and environmental impacts of mining.
August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Earlier this year, we published "Gold Reimagined", spotlighting solutions we’ve supported through the #ASMChallenge. These include innovations in restoration and remediation, monitoring systems, and tools to assess the social and environmental impacts of mining.
This isn’t just a local issue.
Artisanal & small-scale gold mining produces nearly 25% of the world’s gold supply.
Yet when unregulated, it fuels mercury pollution, deforestation & biodiversity loss in some of the planet’s richest ecosystems.
Artisanal & small-scale gold mining produces nearly 25% of the world’s gold supply.
Yet when unregulated, it fuels mercury pollution, deforestation & biodiversity loss in some of the planet’s richest ecosystems.
August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This isn’t just a local issue.
Artisanal & small-scale gold mining produces nearly 25% of the world’s gold supply.
Yet when unregulated, it fuels mercury pollution, deforestation & biodiversity loss in some of the planet’s richest ecosystems.
Artisanal & small-scale gold mining produces nearly 25% of the world’s gold supply.
Yet when unregulated, it fuels mercury pollution, deforestation & biodiversity loss in some of the planet’s richest ecosystems.
Researchers found the extraction destroyed 4,500 hectares of forest, released 20 kg of mercury, and put 370,000 people at risk of mercury poisoning.
Gold here is "not worth its weight in gold."
Gold here is "not worth its weight in gold."
August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Researchers found the extraction destroyed 4,500 hectares of forest, released 20 kg of mercury, and put 370,000 people at risk of mercury poisoning.
Gold here is "not worth its weight in gold."
Gold here is "not worth its weight in gold."