Restoring forests 1 tree at a time, to help repair climate MADRE DE DIOS, PERU: Destruction of the forests can be swift. Regrowth is much, much slower. But around the world, people are putting shovels to ground to help it happen. They labour amid spectacular recent losses — the Amazon jungle and the... Art & Culture 04 Dec, 2019
Restoring forests for the sake of climate, habitats MADRE DE DIOS: Destruction of the forests can be swift. Regrowth is much, much slower. But around the world, people are putting shovels to ground to help it happen. In a corner of the Peruvian Amazon, where illegal gold mining has scarred forests... Art & Culture 02 Oct, 2019
From US, exiled Venezuelan ex-mayor drums up anti-Maduro lobby WASHINGTON: When Venezuela’s government issued an arrest warrant for David Smolansky last year, the young opposition politician went into hiding before shaving off his trademark beard and fleeing through the southern jungle to neighboring... Women 26 Feb, 2018
Sibanye says clears most illegal miners from gold shafts Sibanye first to set deadline to clear out illegal miners Company vowed to end practice by January 2018 Arrests last year more than three times 2016 number JOHANNESBURG: Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater arrested nearly 1,400... Women 26 Feb, 2018
Security tightened after illegal miners attack government posts in the Amazon RIO DE JANIERO: Brazilian army and police officers have ramped up security in the northern town of Humaitá in the Amazon region after illegal gold miners set fire to the offices of government environmental watchdogs, officials said on Sunday. The... Art & Culture 30 Oct, 2017
Colombian police seize 7 tons of cocaine at banana farm BOGOTA: Colombian police have seized seven tonnes of cocaine at a banana farm in northern Antioquia province, the defense minister and police said on Friday. The shipment, worth about $200 million, belonged to the Golfo Clan crime gang. Five people... Women 23 Sep, 2017
South Africa's Sibanye says Cooke mine shut until at least Thursday JOHANNESBURG: Sibanye Gold's Cooke mine in South Africa will remain shut until at least Thursday as the company goes through an appeals process for workers fired for taking part in a wildcat strike, it said on Monday. Sibanye is losing 15... 19 Jun, 2017
Peru declares emergency over mercury contamination LIMA: Peru's government declared an emergency across a broad jungle region Monday because of mercury contamination caused by wildcat gold mining. The 60-day decree affects 11 districts in the Madre de Dios region bordering Brazil where studies... Art & Culture 24 May, 2016
Raids on illegal mining camps target brothels LA PAMPA: In one of the biggest such raids yet, police and soldiers destroyed scores of illegal gold mining camps in Peru's Madre de Dios region this week. They also targeted about three dozen brothels where officials said they rescued two... Women 26 Feb, 2016
Ambush near gold mine; 2 dead JAKARTA: Gunmen opened fire Wednesday on buses carrying employees of U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia's impoverished Papua province, killing two people in the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine, witnesses and the state news agency... Women 22 Jul, 2009
