Illegal gold production has increased fivefold in the last six years and is estimated to provide 100,000 direct jobs in the country.
According to Peru’s Ministry of Environment, the activity has destroyed 18,000 hectares of Amazon so far.
In a press release, Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino, said Peru has reached a point of "no return" in the fight against illegal mining and that the government is working hard to end this practice that “harms people’s health, the environment and the economy.”
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