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Peru Mounts Twin Raids on Illegal Mining in Protected Areas

Police estimate a S/30.7 million blow in Madre de Dios as prosecutors open a criminal investigation in Nasca.

Minas Gerais Fines Vale R$1.7 Million and Suspends Operations at Two Mines After Sediment Overflows

Peru Energy Ministry Names Excluded Miner to Lead Formalization Office

Report Finds State Pollution Control Agencies Slashed as EPA Cuts Loom

Mexico’s Environment Chief Seeks National Guard and Army Support to Tackle Illegal Logging

Profepa Mounts Major Forest Crackdown, Seizes Wood in Ocuilán and Shuts Sites in Chiapas

Study Links Industrial Timber Plantations to 45% Higher Odds of Severe Wildfire

Authorities Secure Illicit Logging Site in Uruapan as Search for Perpetrators Continues

Lost Shipping Containers Pose Environmental and Economic Challenges