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Gold-mining in Peru: forests razed, millions lost, virgins auctioned [1]

Three people in a motorised canoe on the mighty River Santiago in Peru’s northern Amazon some weeks ago saw something deeply alarming.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2016
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Gold [4], Peru [5], Environment [6], Forests [7], Illegal Trade [8], Ecology [9], Mercury [10], Water Pollution [11], Biodiversity [12]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gold
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mercury
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity