How greed at every level exploits people, poverty and children.  Even the promoters of green initiatives have the problem of entering a self-preservation mode that will maintain untenable positions to keep the cash rolling in to pay the bills.  

• Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon
• Philippines clamps down on illegal miners, gold smugglers
• Toxic, deadly, cheap: Life for women gold miners in the Philippines
• How murky gold trade fuels wars, gangs and terror attacks
• In Peru, a gold mining battle rages over registry of “impunity”
• Green Grifters – City Journal
• Why Is the Amazon Rain Forest Disappearing? | Time
• Deforestation in the Amazon – Council on Foreign Relations 
• Opinion: Global gold rush puts Amazon Rainforest in danger : NPR
• To Save the Amazon What if We Listened to Those Living Within It? – Inside Climate News
• The International System That Pits Foreign Investors Against Indigenous Communities – Inside Climate News
• How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries – Inside Climate News
• Amazon Gold Working Group – Amazon Aid Why Gold – Amazon Aid 
• Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon | New Scientist
• The destruction of the amazon – Google Search
• Home – River of Gold
• Brazil’s indigenous land is being invaded – YouTube
• How A Gold Rush Almost Destroyed the Amazon – YouTube 
• Uncovering HSBC’s Dark Financial Empire: The Untouchable Bank – YouTube
• Dirty Gold – YouTube
  Why Are The Properties Of Gold So Unique? – YouTube 
• How People Risk Their Lives Hunting For Gems, Pearls, and Gold | Risky Business | Insider News – YouTube 
• Exposing The Inhumane Conditions of Burkina Faso’s Gold Mines – YouTube