{"id":447388,"date":"2026-07-16T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?post_type=project&#038;p=447388"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:07:19","slug":"amazon-gold-flows-improving-traceability-and-accountability-to-protect-colombian-amazon-forests","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/amazon-gold-flows-improving-traceability-and-accountability-to-protect-colombian-amazon-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Gold Flows: improving traceability and accountability to protect Colombian Amazon forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ca37e0f422cc79ed0e0e108ff3f25635\"><em>Header photo: boat on a river in the Colombian Amazon (by way of illustration) \u00a9 Andr\u00e9s Ram\u00edrez from Pexels<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Informal gold mining in Colombian Amazon&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>An estimated 80 percent of Colombia\u2019s gold exports are illegally sourced <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_447388_1('footnote_plugin_reference_447388_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_447388_1('footnote_plugin_reference_447388_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_447388_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_447388_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/environmental-corruption.org\/news\/takeaways-on-illegal-gold-mining-and-illicit-43\">Takeaways on illegal gold mining and illicit financial flows: from the Amazon basin to destination countries &#8211; Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_447388_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_447388_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>, and a significant share of this extraction occurs within protected areas. Gold mining is one of the key drivers of deforestation, ecosystem degradation, and socio-environmental conflict in the Colombian Amazon. Amazon rivers have become hotpots of illegal gold mining. Mercury used in gold mining leads to river pollution, for example, which has a direct impact on the lives of Indigenous peoples and local communities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The increasing global demand for gold and record-high prices have contributed to a rise in informal gold mining. This includes illicit activities that are deeply embedded in complex transnational criminal networks. Corruption, legal loopholes, limited access to reliable information, and weak prosecution capacity have created a context in which illegal extraction and trade flourishes. Furthermore, poor traceability systems and opaque supply chains enable illegal gold to be laundered onto formal global markets, thereby reinforcing criminal revenues and sustaining deforestation. On top of that, gold has become strategic for money laundering, with billions of dollars in illicit proceeds using gold as a financial vehicle to enter formal financial systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prevent, detect, and respond to illicit gold flows&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Addressing&nbsp; the challenges related to the impacts of gold mining in the Colombian Amazon requires shared responsibility and coordinated action among producer and consumer countries, including Colombia, the EU, and the UK. Closing enforcement, knowledge, and regulatory gaps is essential to curb illicit gold flows and to mitigate its impacts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Against this backdrop, our long-term ambition is to strengthen institutional and community capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to illicit gold flows from the Colombian Amazon to Europe and the UK. By generating actionable evidence, improving gold traceability, and enhancing collaboration among judicial, enforcement, and environmental authorities, our aim is to reinforce enforcement efforts and reduce incentives for illegal gold mining. The ultimate objective is to protect forest ecosystems and safeguarding the rights and territories of Indigenous and local communities depending on the forest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Amazon Gold Flows, a collaboration of Fundaci\u00f3n para la Conservaci\u00f3n y el Desarrollo Sostenible (FCDS) and IUCN NL, translates this vision into action through evidence generation, capacity building, and policy strengthening to reduce deforestation, ecosystem degradation, and socio-environmental conflict in the Amazon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em>\u2018With Amazon Gold Flows we aim to protect Colombian Amazon forests by shedding light on illicit gold flows and tracing how illegal gold enters transnational supply chains. By exposing these, the programme aims to support policy action to protect biodiversity and human rights.\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1f4aceab81da9b76327f9284a56fb090\">Marc Hoogeslag, project lead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project approach&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The project combines strengthening institutional and community capacities with coordinated action between Colombia, the EU, and the UK, to establish effective barriers to the lucrativeness of the crimes associated with illicit gold flows and mercury use. Applying this transnational approach, we combine technical evidence, institutional cooperation, and stronger regulatory frameworks, which will jointly improve gold traceability and accountability and reduce pressure on Amazonian forests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The project partners apply three interconnected pathways contributing to reduced illicit gold flows and deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. The activities stem from the following pathways:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>research and generating evidence;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strengthening capacity, and&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>policy activities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-secondary\" id=\"block_4801f0b6755dc88adc5a6fc2f950df04\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Relevant resources:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/opinion\/recycled-but-not-responsible-loopholes-in-recycled-gold-from-the-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recycled but not responsible: loopholes in recycled gold from the Amazon | IUCN NL<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/lessons-from-bolivias-fight-against-mercury-gold-mining-and-water-contamination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lessons from Bolivia\u2019s fight against mercury, gold mining, and water contamination | IUCN NL<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/drivers-of-deforestation-in-the-colombian-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drivers of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon | IUCN NL<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/amazon-underworld-criminal-economies-in-the-worlds-largest-rainforest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Underworld: criminal economies in the world\u2019s largest rainforest | IUCN NL<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/gold-mining-in-madre-de-dios-mercury-in-every-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gold mining in Madre de Dios: mercury in every body | IUCN NL<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project partners<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Amazon Gold Flows is implemented by <a href=\"https:\/\/fcds.org.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCDS Colombia<\/a> and IUCN NL. The NGOs work jointly on the project activities, especially&nbsp;<strong> <\/strong>those related to<strong> <\/strong>transnational supply chains, criminal networks, and territorial impact of illegal gold mining and trade. We have been working together with FCDS for many years, for example in the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Rights in Focus<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/forests-for-a-just-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forest for a Just Future programme<\/a> of the Green Livelihoods Alliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"305\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jff_logo_FULL_LOCKUP_jade1-1024x305.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447393 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/305;aspect-ratio:3.3532934131736525;width:319px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jff_logo_FULL_LOCKUP_jade1-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jff_logo_FULL_LOCKUP_jade1-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jff_logo_FULL_LOCKUP_jade1-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jff_logo_FULL_LOCKUP_jade1-1536x458.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jff_logo_FULL_LOCKUP_jade1-2048x611.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1d0803a364203a49f16e45594aadfdb\"><em>This project is funded by the Jacobs Futura Foundation.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aligning with IUCN NL strategy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Our projects align with the three interlinked pathways set out in our 2024\u20132026 strategy update. The project Amazon Gold Flows aligns all three pathways:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>climate-resilient landscapes with rich biodiversity and nature policy&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>environmental justice&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>nature policy&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IUCN-NL-Strategy-Update-Final.pdf\">Download our strategy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_1c507f5f80a4d41c524b87dac387cb07\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"smallteam-members__name12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n\t<div id=\"team-members-block_79d89c896ae3240034f265527df298c8\" class=\"team-members team-members-block block\">\n\t\t<span class=\"anchor-id\" id=\"\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"team-members__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>More information? 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