Peru's Amazon: New Mining Trends and Deforestation
Gold mining has been a significant environmental challenge in Peru, with illegal operations causing deforestation and river pollution.
The industry is expanding, with miners adopting new methods and spreading to new areas, including the northern provinces.
- Mining operations have implemented river-based extraction methods.
- A project by Amazon Conservation's Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) maps mining operations and their expansion.
This project provides one of the first national-scale visualizations of Peru's mining problem.
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Author's summary: Peru's Amazon faces new mining trends and deforestation challenges.
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