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Peru: Illegal mining devastates forests in Amazonas Region [1]

In the past five years, a group of miners from the Amazonas Region and Madre de Dios have destroyed about 20 hectares of forest, not including the constant contamination from the Pastacillo stream,

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
Mongabay [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Illegal Trade [4], Peru [5], Forests [6], Deforestation [7], Amazon [8]

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon