SURINAME’S MAJOR SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Gold mining (especially small-scale artisanal gold-mining)
land use changes and biodiversity loss (due to deforestation, hunting, …) pollution of waterways due to mercury use and sedimentation public health (mercury and cyanide intoxication) prostitution, human trafficking, violence http://ecotravelrally.wordpress.com/tag/gold-mining/