Law enforcement, environmental authorities, activists and researchers can estimate the scale and impacts of mining sites and equipment by using satellite maps. Miners dredge rivers and also move inland into forested areas with large-scale excavation gear, leaving denuded landscapes, craters and stagnant mercury-infused lakes.
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