Amazon Aid Foundation stands in solidarity with movements in the US, the Amazon region, and around the world to counter racism and exploitation in all forms. The pandemic’s unequal toll on communities of color, who are sounding the call for urgent change and justice, is a result of systemic racism.
Amazon Aid Foundation and the Museum of Tolerance will host a special screening of documentary RIVER OF GOLD, a film by Amazon Aid Foundation, on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, CA. QA with filmmaker Sarah DuPont...
Amazon Aid Foundation educates and activates global citizens to protect the Amazon through art, science, multimedia and film. ... protection of habitat, and regulation of illicit and unregulated gold mining and mercury usage. AAF’s Acre Care and Reforest Amazonia platforms allow users to engage in private protection and reforestation of ...
So you can have a bar of gold where some of it comes from responsible sources, some of it comes from illegal sources, but it looks like one bar of gold,” said Sarah duPont, president of the Amazon Aid Foundation. That illegal and dirty gold extraction takes a toll
2020-6-26 June 25 (Reuters) - Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazil's indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a Reuters review of ...
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away from
A. La Pampa (Southern Peru). In MAAP #104, we reported a major reduction (92%) of gold mining deforestation in La Pampa during the first four months of Operation Mercury, a governmental mega-operation to confront the illegal mining crisis in this area.. The following video shows how gold mining deforestation has declined considerably since February 2019, the beginning of the operation.
The Amazon Aid Foundation (AAF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization harnessing the power of multimedia and film to educate about the importance of the Amazon and the implications of its destruction while promoting working solutions to protect it. ... and the regulation of illicit and unregulated gold mining and mercury usage. Where We Work. Our ...
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon releases high concentrations of mercury. In some Yanomami villages, 92% of residents suffered from mercury poisoning, and miners have brought fatal illnesses to indigenous people. Indigenous communities, and their lands, must be
Illegal Gold Mining Amazon Aid Foundation. This follows a visit Sarah made to the Vatican in February 2018 to screen Amazon Aids documentary River of Gold for a group of the Popes environmental advisors The film focuses on illegal gold mining in Peru and the environmental consequences for the Amazon rainforest and the .
2020-2-11 There is an important overlap on gold mining, too, with the appointment of Baltazar Porras Cardozo, 74, of Merida, Venezuela, as another delegate president of the Amazon synod.
2020-6-30 Illegal small-scale gold mining, which is among the mining activities responsible for deforestation in the region, is an issue comprehensively captured in Amazon Aid Foundation's 2016 documentary, River of Gold. Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Peruvian scientist and activist Enrique Ortiz leads journalists Ron Haviv and Donovan Webster, and a
2020-6-29 Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study. The researchers warn that the impacts of mining on ...
Amazon Gold Amazon Gold is an award-winning, feature-length documentary chronicling the impact of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. The film examines the subject from many angles, painting a comprehensive portrait of a hidden local struggle with global implications. The Amazon is a precious repository of natural resources, one of the greatest providers of
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away from
2020-5-28 Amazon Aid Foundation (AAF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization harnessing the power of multimedia to educate about the importance of the Amazon and the implications of its destruction. AAF's award-winning projects affect global policy change and activate audiences worldwide to engage in sustainable approaches to protect the Amazon and demand ...
“Communities are the natural guardians of the Amazon. Technologies like ForestLink are helping indigenous peoples to protect the rainforest from illegal mining, even in areas outside their titled lands,” explained FENAMAD’s Real-Time Monitoring Coordinator, Rosa Baca, in a statement. President of the Masenawa community, Carmen Irey Cameno, is a vocal opponent of gold mining.
Illegal gold mining has been on the rise, at times with deadly costs, particularly since the price of gold has climbed to $1600 or more an ounce (up from $250 about a decade ago), spilling tons of ...
Over the last two months, dozens of suspected illegal gold miners causing terrible environmental damage in the Peruvian Amazon were caught with the help of the ForestLink smartphone app developed by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK).. The law enforcement operations were conducted over several weeks near the villages of Palma Real, Barranco Chico and Boca Pariamanu, all in the Madre de Dios ...
2020-6-29 Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study. The researchers warn that the impacts of mining on ...
2020-5-28 Amazon Aid Foundation (AAF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization harnessing the power of multimedia to educate about the importance of the Amazon and
2020-5-28 Amazon Aid Foundation (AAF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization harnessing the power of multimedia to educate about the importance of the Amazon and the implications of its destruction. AAF's award-winning projects affect global policy change and activate audiences worldwide to engage in sustainable approaches to protect the Amazon and demand ...
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away from
Regarding illegal mining, most of the illegal activities are related to gold exploitation in Caquetá, Amazon, Vaupes and Guainia rivers. Also, coltan is being exploited solely in Guainia. How is the situation in Caquetá? Illegal mining activities are done with a lack of technical and sustainable approach.
Illegal gold mining has been on the rise, at times with deadly costs, particularly since the price of gold has climbed to $1600 or more an ounce (up from $250 about a decade ago), spilling tons of ...
2020-4-24 Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away from their forest lands as they fear outsiders could spread the coronavirus among vulnerable indigenous communities. At least 10 indigenous people in
“Communities are the natural guardians of the Amazon. Technologies like ForestLink are helping indigenous peoples to protect the rainforest from illegal mining, even in areas outside their titled lands,” explained FENAMAD’s Real-Time Monitoring Coordinator, Rosa Baca, in a statement. President of the Masenawa community, Carmen Irey Cameno, is a vocal opponent of gold mining.
Over the last two months, dozens of suspected illegal gold miners causing terrible environmental damage in the Peruvian Amazon were caught with the help of the ForestLink smartphone app developed by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK).. The law enforcement operations were conducted over several weeks near the villages of Palma Real, Barranco Chico and Boca Pariamanu, all in the Madre de Dios ...
Amazon Gold follows two war journalists, Donovan Webster (writer, author) and Ron Haviv (photojournalist) as they explore how illegal gold mining has devastated
2020-4-24 Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away from their forest lands as they fear outsiders could spread the coronavirus among vulnerable indigenous communities. At least 10 indigenous people in
2020-6-16 Illegal miners have been accused of taking advantage of coronavirus quarantines to carry out their activities. By Anastasia Moloney. BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away from their forest lands as they fear outsiders could spread the coronavirus among vulnerable indigenous communities.
“Communities are the natural guardians of the Amazon. Technologies like ForestLink are helping indigenous peoples to protect the rainforest from illegal mining, even in areas outside their titled lands,” explained FENAMAD’s Real-Time Monitoring Coordinator, Rosa Baca, in a statement. President of the Masenawa community, Carmen Irey Cameno, is a vocal opponent of gold mining.
ARCHIVE PHOTO: A Yanomami indian follows agents of Brazil's environmental agency in a gold mine during an operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon ...
Regarding illegal mining, most of the illegal activities are related to gold exploitation in Caquetá, Amazon, Vaupes and Guainia rivers. Also, coltan is being exploited solely in Guainia. How is the situation in Caquetá? Illegal mining activities are done with a lack of technical and sustainable approach.
Article content. By Anastasia Moloney. BOGOTA, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Amazon tribal leaders called on governments in South America on Friday to ensure illegal miners stay away ...
Amazon Gold follows two war journalists, Donovan Webster (writer, author) and Ron Haviv (photojournalist) as they explore how illegal gold mining has devastated
2020-4-16 Sarah duPont’s (P ’05) documentary, “Amazon Gold,” on illegal gold mining in the rainforest, really focused the attention of the Peruvian government and people on the issue. (She is president and founder of the Amazon Aid Foundation.) The center (Wake Forest’s Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability) consulted on the movie.
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Directed by Reuben Aaronson, Sarah DuPont. With Antonio Brack Egg, Herbie Hancock, Ron Haviv, Thomas E. Lovejoy. Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey bearing witness to the apocalyptic destruction of the rainforest in the pursuit of illegally mined gold.