Now, an international study led by the University of Leeds is the first to provide detailed field-based information on the regeneration of forests in Guyana after gold mining, and the first ground ...

Guyana to increase oversight of gold mining under deal to save forests with Norway (12/21/2009) As apart of a deal with Norway to preserve its rainforests, Guyana will step up oversight of its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. (03/01/2010) Guyana has banned gold dredging in the Rewa Head region of the South American country after pressure from Amerindian communities ...

But it fears jeopardizing a 2009 deal it struck with Norway, which pledged a $250 million grant as incentive for Guyana to protect its forests and ensure sustainable mining. Neighborhood groups ...

Called Chinese Landing for reasons residents no longer remember, the village is deep within lush forests of northern Guyana accessible ... For Guyanese officials, gold mining has taken priority ...

viewers did get to witness the challenges of mining in a dense tropical rainforest. Guyana’s artisanal miners, known locally as pork-knockers, must work very hard to scrape the gold out of the ...

Industrial-scale mining for materials such as coal, gold, and iron ore is spurring tropical deforestation, with once-impenetrable forest cleared for mines and access roads, new research shows. In ...