Peru's Amazon Mining Trends and Deforestation
Gold mining has been a significant environmental challenge in Peru, with illegal operations causing deforestation and river pollution.
A recent project by Amazon Conservation's Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) maps mining operations and their expansion, revealing new trends.
- Mining has spread into northern provinces.
- River-based extraction methods are being implemented.
One of the first visualizations of Peru's mining problem on a national scale.
Author's summary: Peru's Amazon faces new mining trends and deforestation threats.
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