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Gold rush threat to tropical forests [1]

Global demand for gold is putting some of the most remote and pristine tropical forests at risk, scientists warn.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2015
BBC (UK) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Deforestation [4], Mining [5], Gold [6], Suriname [7], Brazil [8], Peru [9], Venezuela [10], Bolivia [11], WWF [12]

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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bolivia
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