Illegal Gold Mining Peru: Amazon Under Threat
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Illegal Gold Mining Peru: Amazon Under Threat
In PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru, a team of eight Peruvian navy members descended from a helicopter into a clearing within the Amazon rainforest along the Malinowski River in the Madre de Dios region. As they landed, clouds of dust and sand kicked up around them as they hurried towards an illegal mining operation. The landscape transformed ... Read more L’article Peru Escalates Battle Against Illegal Gold Mining: Amazon Reserve Under Threat! est apparu…
Only between 2025 and 2026, there are 704 new dredges - rustic rafts that extract illegal gold - that have begun to operate in 13 rivers of the Loreto region, confirming the territorial expansion of illegal miners. According to satellite images taken by Conservation Amazonica-ACCA, the increase of dredges are recorded in the rivers Atacuari, Chambara, Cotuhe, Curaray, Marañón, Mazan, Nanay, Napo, Patayacu, Pintuyacu, Putumayo, Tigre and Yaguas.
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