In February, Peruvian authorities evicted thousands of illegal gold miners from Amazon lands they were deforesting and poisoning with mercury. The government announced plans to set up military bases in an area called La Pampa that is a focal point for the illegal activity in Madre de Dios, the Amazon region known as the country’s biodiversity capital.
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