The study examined regions devastated, tropical and subtropical forests, in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. In the 13 years of studies, almost 90% of the destruction took place in the Guianan, southwest Amazon, Tapajós-Xingú, and Magdalena Valley-Urabá.
Although the places of mining and deforestation they studied had occurred in unprotected areas, many came just 10 kilometers away from these borders. That distance does not protect these “protected” regions from the many toxins, chemical processes, and pollutants used in the mining process.
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