"Informal mining is a problem that has social connotations. There are about 100,000 informal miners in Peru and another 400,000 compatriots who depend on this activity. We must first understand the problem [and then find a] solution, which it is not easy,” he said in an official statement (in Spanish).
And this week, Peruvian Foreign Relations Minister, Eda Rivas, signed an agreement with her Colombian counterpart, Maria Holguin, to work together fighting illegal gold mining, a practice that has ravaged parts of the Amazon rainforest: 18,000 hectares to be more precise, based on data provided by Peru’s Ministry of Environment.
No comments:
Post a Comment