VIDEO "Gold Mining and the Amazon: Tracing the Fate and Impact of Mercury use in Artisanal Mining"

 One of the most immediate threats to the Peruvian Amazon–a global biodiversity hotspot–is illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), which results in widespread land cover change. In ASGM, forests are cleared, rivers are dredged, and mining ponds are created.

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