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In our annual series on forest loss trends in the Amazon (MAAP #244 & MAAP #229), we observed that the two most recent intense fire seasons, 2016 and 2024, immediately followed major El Niño events. For example, extreme drought conditions created by a strong El Niño in late 2023 created extreme drought conditions the following […]
Gold mining has been expanding in recent years across various regions of the Peruvian Amazon. Previous reports (for example, see MAAP #241) have shown the rapid expansion of gold mining deforestation in the southern Peruvian Amazon, particularly in the Madre de Dios region. Our reporting has also indicated that gold mining continues to expand into […]
The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso plays a pivotal role along the southeastern frontier of the Amazon, located at a critical transition zone between the Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal biomes. This unique location allows the state to serve as a shield against the encroachment of deforestation into the Amazon rainforest’s interior from the more impacted […]
The Puré River flows through the heart of Río Puré National Park in the southeastern Colombian Amazon and then crosses into the northwestern Brazilian Amazon (Figure 1). In addition to its extraordinary biodiversity and high carbon stocks, this protected area is home to Indigenous communities, including Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation (specifically, the Yurí […]
Continuing our annual series, we present a detailed look at the major 2025 Amazon forest loss hotspots and trends, based on the annual data recently released by the University of Maryland and featured on Global Forest Watch. As in other reports of the series, we take this global dataset and analyze it specifically for the Amazon. […]
This is the fourth in a series of reports detailing the expansion of gold mining deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In previous reports, we analysed mining activity in the northern (MAAP #227), central (MAAP #230), and southern (MAAP #238) sectors of the country, respectively (see Base Map 1). Here, our analysis continues the study of […]
Yanomami Indigenous Territory, located in the northern Brazilian Amazon (along the border with Venezuela), is one of the territories most impacted by gold mining in the Amazon (MAAP #226). This report details the results of geospatial monitoring of illegal gold mining activity in Yanomami Indigenous Territory, based on data collected up to December 2025. This territory is […]
Gold mining has been a notorious driver of deforestation in the southern Peruvian Amazon for several decades. This mining-related deforestation reached crisis levels in the mid-2010s, particularly affecting Tambopata National Reserve and its buffer zone (see MAAP #96 from January 2019). This situation led to the major government operation known as “Operation Mercury” in February […]
We present the second of a two-part series on illegal gold mining deforestation in the Xingu River Basin, located in the eastern Brazilian Amazon (states of Pará and Mato Grosso). The current report examines mining in protected areas of the Xingu, while Part 1 focused on Indigenous territories (see MAAP #239) The Xingu Basin is […]
