In addition to the human, socio-political and economic costs, the armed conflict also inflicted serious environmental damage. Attacks by guerrilla forces on oil pipelines caused large-scale oil spills and left parts of the sensitive Amazon rainforest contaminated. Local ecosystems and populations have suffered. Illicit small-scale gold mining using inappropriate means, such mercury-based extraction, has poisoned whole river basins and destroyed local communities’ livelihoods.
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