Mining Archives - Rainforest Foundation US

Protecting Guyana’s Rainforest

Jun 26, 2018 | Guyana, Land Rights, Mining

Indigenous Communities Are Dedicated to Protecting Guyana’s Rainforests Indigenous communities are key to protecting the forest, and in Guyana, indigenous customary lands cover large extents...

Wapichan Offer Us All A Window Into Their World

Sep 19, 2017 | Guyana, Illegal Logging, Land Rights, Mining

“The trees cannot speak out, the birds,animals and wildlife cannot say stop! The fishes are defenseless as their homes and spawning grounds are destroyed. Who will speak for them?”...

Guyana: Region 7 Land Conference

Mar 23, 2017 | Guyana, Illegal Logging, Land Rights, Mining

Over 400 Akawaio and Arecuna men and women met for a land conference on February 28 – March 2, in the village of Phillipai on the Kukui River in Guyana. The gathering proved to be the largest such...

Illegal Gold Mining Devastating to Indigenous Territories in Madre de Dios, Peru

Jun 1, 2015 | Mining, Peru

The Rainforest Foundation team recently visited the Peruvian Amazon department of The Madre de Dios in order to research the potential impacts of an oil concession and illegal logging. What we...