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Humanitarian Crisis, Dignity and Hope on the Río Atrato, The Drouth, December 2019.

Toxic River: Mining, mercury and murder continue to plague Colombia's Atrato, Mongabay, 10 October 2019.

A river of life... a river of death: Drugs, gold and guns bring terror and death to 400-mile waterway in Colombia, The Sunday Post, 14 October 2019.

Is Colombia Making Headway Against Illegal Gold Mining?, Latin America Advisor, 12 July 2019.

Gold's devastating price, Vision, Issue 3, Summer 2019.

El río Atrato tiene mucho que contar, Caritas Colombia, 29 de abril 2019.

From Bolivian cocaine to Colombian gold, low-level involvement in illicit economies is often driven by poverty and marginalisation, LSE Latin American and Caribbean Blog, 5 April 2019.

The Struggle for Human Rights in Chocó, Colombia, SCIAF, 10 December 2018.

How a Scottish university is helping a community - and a river - besieged by illegal mining. The Herald, 16 February 2018.

Can a river have legal rights? A different approach to protecting the environment. The Independent, 13 October 2017.

Can a river have legal rights? The Conversation, 6 October 2017.

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