It is estimated that over 45,000 people take part in artisanal gold mining in this region. In their quest for gold, miners emit an estimated 30-40 tons of mercury into the environment every year, destroy an estimated 4,437 hectares of forest and load enormous quantities of sediment into the river. In turn, humans and animals living in the region are beginning to face the consequences – elevated mercury concentrations in indigenous communities, decreased populations of fish in the river and loss of sensitive species.
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