The international environmental reputation of Madre de Dios, on the other hand, is mixed.
Despite government attempts to clamp down or legalize it, illegal mining is rampant in the region, leaving substantial river pollution and deforestation in its wake.
About 20 per cent of gold mining in Peru is unregulated, according to a 2012 editorial in Nature, depriving the state of US$300 million in taxes each year.
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