Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns
Submitted by lalit on Wed, 2017-08-23 10:04
A team of scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science found that, between 1999 and 2016, gold mining expansion cost the region 4,437 hectares (10,964 acres) of forest loss per year.
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23/08/2017