GOLD MINING EXPLODES IN SURINAME, PUTS FORESTS AND PEOPLE AT RISK

This is the first in a two-part series on gold mining in Suriname. Read the second part here.

• High gold prices are leading to an increase in mining activity.
• Mining activities threaten Suriname’s primary forests, some of the most-intact in South America.
• Mercury released from the mining process can be toxic, and is showing up in human population centers far downstream.
• http://dgrnewsservice.org/2015/11/04/gold-mining-explodes-in-suriname-puts-forests-and-people-at-risk/

http://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/gold-mining-boom-threatening-communities-in-suriname/