Amazon researcher and explorer since 2003. Currently focused on advancing the field of real-time monitoring. Senior Research Specialist at Amazon Conservation.
Atlanta GA & Washington DC
Joined July 2014
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En Ecuador, la minería ilegal destruye un afluente del Amazonas y amenaza a una ciudad
Entre 2017 y 2024, la minería ilegal destruyó 1740 hectáreas en Napol, de acuerdo con un análisis satelital de MAAP.
@MongabayLatam
@F_EcoCiencia
@AFrontlines
es.mongabay.com/2025/07/ecua…
La minería ilegal de oro continúa en aumento en la Amazonía ecuatoriana, especialmente desde 2017
Nuestro último informe se centra en la zona central de Ecuador (provincia de Napo)
Mostramos 4 casos de estudio con imágenes satelitales
@F_EcoCiencia
maapprogram.org/es/mineria-e…
Illegal gold mining continues to increase in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Our latest report focuses on central Ecuador (Napo province)
Sharp increase in gold mining deforestation since 2017
We show 4 case studies with high-res satellite imagary
@ACA_DC
maapprogram.org/ecuador-mini…
Great article (in Spanish) detailing the intense & record-setting Amazon fire season of 2024
En 2024, los incendios forestales llegaron a niveles sin precedentes en la Amazonia (Peru, Brazil, Bolivia)
@MongabayLatam
@globalforests
@amazonwatch
@ACA_DC
es.mongabay.com/2025/07/ince…
Deforestación y Incendios en la Amazonía 2024
Gran noticia fue impacto sin precedentes de incendios en bosques primarios (2.8 millones hectáreas)
Récords anuales para Amazonia, Brasil, Bolivia, Peru
@amazonacca
@FcdsOrg
@actualidadspda
@AceaaAmazonica
maapprogram.org/es/deforesta…
Amazon Deforestation & Fire Hotspots 2024
Big story: record-breaking impact of Fires (2.8 million ha). Records in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana
Plus, Deforestation 5th highest (1.7 million ha)
@globalforests
@amazonwatch
@ACA_DC
@theamazonwewant
maapprogram.org/amazon-defor…
Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon
Un reporte hecho con una combinación de imágenes satelitales de muy alta resolución y sobrevuelos, detectó dragas y nuevos puntos de minería ilegal
es.mongabay.com/2025/06/colo…
@FcdsOrg
@ACA_DC
@AmazonTeamOrg
@MongabayLatam
Illegal gold mining expanding & escalating in northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Más de 750 hectáreas han sido devastadas por la minería ilegal cerca la Reserva Ecológica Cofán Bermejo, en la frontera Ecuador-Colombia
@ACA_DC
@F_EcoCiencia
@MongabayLatam
es.mongabay.com/2025/06/mine…
Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon, on border with Brazil & Peru
Features satellite images & overflight photos of over 60 illegal mining barges
Update: recent Gov operation in Pure River
Our report with @FcdsOrg
@ACA_DC
@AmazonTeamOrg
maapprogram.org/mining-colom…
Illegal gold mining escalating in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Loss of over 750 hectares (1,850 acres) since emergence in 2020
Impacting protected areas & Indigenous territories
Most of this gold mining is Illegal
@ACA_DC
@amazonwatch
@AFrontlines
maapprogram.org/gold-mining-…
Major raid on illegal gold mining in rivers on remote border between Colombia & Brazil
In unprecedented binational operation, Colombian & Brazilian military forces destroyed over 70 barges in Puré River
@ACA_DC
@AmazonTeamOrg
@FcdsOrg
eltiempo.com/justicia/confli…
Indigenous lands & protected areas barely offsetting emissions from damage in rest of the Amazon
Conservation efforts anchored in stewardship, rather than threat avoidance, may be most strategic for climate resilience
@MongabayOrg
@ACA_DC
@planet
news.mongabay.com/short-arti…
Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon, on border with Brazil & Peru
Our report in Spanish with @FcdsOrg
Features satellite images & overflight photos of over 60 illegal mining barges
maapprogram.org/es/mineria-i…
@FCDS_Peru
@amazonacca
@AmazonTeamOrg
@ACA_DC
Punino massacre: Murder of 11 soldiers reveals expansion & impact of illegal mining in Ecuadorian Amazon
Masacre en Punino: Asesinato de 11 militares revela expansión e impacto de minería ilegal en la Amazonía ecuatoriana
es.mongabay.com/2025/05/masa…
@MongabayLatam
@F_EcoCiencia
Illegal gold mining escalating in Ecuadorian Amazon
Here is report (Spanish version) focusing on critical situation in northern Ecuador, impacting protected areas and Indigenous territories
Minería en Amazonía Ecuatoriana – Sector Norte
@F_EcoCiencia
maapprogram.org/es/mineria-e…
Monitoreo de mineria en la Amazonia - Amazon Mining Watch
El objetivo es tener datos consistentes en una vasta área como la Amazonía, incluso en áreas protegidas y territorios Indígenas
es.mongabay.com/2025/05/mine…
@MongabayLatam
@yvettesierra
@amazonacca
@F_EcoCiencia
New report reinforces critical role of Amazon protected areas & Indigenous territories in climate fight
“Amazon Protected areas & Indigenous territories represent an offset of the increasing emissions outside”
@AbhishyantPK,@ACA_DC,@planet,@amazonwatch
news.mongabay.com/2025/05/ne…
Amazon Mining Watch - data & reporting
"If you're a journalist reporting on environmental issues, Indigenous rights, supply chains, or economic drivers of deforestation, AMW offers many insights and story angles"
pulitzercenter.org/how-journ…
@gufalei,@pulitzercenter,@EarthGenome
Gold Mining in the Amazon 2024 - Spanish version
Presentamos nuevos datos de Amazon Mining Watch
IA para detectar deforestación minera en Amazonía 2024
Ver los hallazgos principales!
maapprogram.org/es/mineria-a…
@actualidadspda
@amazonacca
@FcdsOrg
@F_EcoCiencia
@AceaaAmazonica
AI to detect Amazon gold mining deforestation
First look at 2024 Amazon Mining Watch data
Gold mining causing deforestation in all 9 countries of Amazon
1) Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Peru
Over 1/3 in protected areas & Indigenous territories
maapprogram.org/amazon-minin…