In 2023, three small gold mining companies in Ecuador exported $268 million in gold to the UAE and India, 20 times more than in 2022, an investigation by Mongabay and Codigo Vidrio has found. The ...

To mark International Women’s Day we’re digging into an often overlooked, but critical sector for the global economy, and for many millions of women: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM). From gold, ...

A new study found that small-scale fishing accounts for at least 40% of catch worldwide and provides employment for 60 million people, more than a third of whom are women. Small-scale fishing could ...