How You Can Help Save the Rainforest

Even though gold mining in the rainforest is on a smaller scale, the damage it causes is catastrophic. The open pit mines used to extract precious metals from the rainforest leave scars that don't heal for centuries, chemical contamination from mercury and cyanide used to extract gold from rock lingers, and rivers are polluted from runoff. "The bigger problem is from the roads that are torn through the forest to access mine sites," says Andre Guimaraes Vice President of Development at Conservation International. "They serve as conduits into the interior that inevitably brings more exploitation."
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