The recent niobium study offers an example of how science can be proactive in analyzing the environmental impact of infrastructure development well before it happens, hopefully helping guide policy decisions

This instrument is to help support the incorporation of the environmental dimension in strategic decision-making, through policies, plans or programs, providing recommendations and inputs to maintain and generate development processes

The aim of the study is to support the National Action Plans (NAP) developed by Guyana & Suriname, Bolivia, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Burkina Faso. that are currently developed

This research focuses on understanding the status and impacts of mineral extraction activities, from legal and illegal mining. In order to achieve this objective, this document seeks to give an

Diagnosis of trade flows, scientific information and institutional answers The purpose of the document is to present a general diagnosis of the situation of the supply, trade and use of

This publication presents an analysis of the negative effects of mercury in the indigenous communities of the Colombian Amazon, especially in the Caquetá, Puré, Apaporis and Cotuhé. It includes recommendations

This six-country analysis reveals the conflict between the vision of economic development and the rights of indigenous territories and the conservation of protected areas. Read the article at Ojo Público (Spanish).

This report is based on a map of more than 2000 points in which illegal activity in the Amazon has been identified. Among them 96 protected natural areas with the

This research project inquired about how they can understand in the long term the interactions between political agreements, governance of the extractive industry and inclusion patterns. Download the pdf from Universidad

Articles highlights and analyzes the mining waste disasters in Brazil. Read the article at Mongabay Latam (English). Title (English) Dam déjà vu: 2 Brazil mining waste disasters in 3 years