Peru's Amazon: New Mining Trends and Deforestation
Gold mining has been a significant environmental challenge in Peru, with illegal operations causing deforestation and polluting rivers with chemicals.
A recent project by Amazon Conservation's Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) maps mining operations and their expansion, revealing the spread of mining into northern provinces and the adoption of river-based extraction methods.
One of the first visualizations of Peru's mining problem on a national scale.
The industry's growth and new methods have raised concerns about the impact on the Amazon Rainforest and its rivers.
Author's summary: Peru's Amazon faces new mining trends and deforestation threats.