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Forbes: Illegal gold mining in Brazil destroying Amazon, indigenous tribes at risk

By Mark Smith 12 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

In a joint statement, members of WWF-Brazil, said the region between the Amapá state in Brazil and French Guiana is one area that is experiencing major problems.

The Washington Post: Peru fights gold fever with fire and military force

By Mark Smith 21 de August de 201414 de September de 2020

As many as 40,000 illegal miners — mostly poor, Quechua-speaking laborers from Peru’s Andean highlands — have invaded some of the most pristine and biologically rich sections of ancient forest in the Amazon basin.

Vice.com: Peru’s New Cocaine: Gold has become America’s most illicit commodity

By Mark Smith 5 de August de 201414 de September de 2020

According to former environmental minister Antonio Brack Egg, gold mining has devastated nearly 370,000 acres of the Peruvian Amazon.

Reuters: Brazil court revokes license for Canadian gold mine in Amazon

By Mark Smith 26 de June de 201414 de September de 2020

A federal court has revoked the environmental license for a massive gold mine planned by Belo Sun Mining Corp on the Xingu River in the Amazon, ruling that the company had failed to assess the impact on local indigenous communities.

Operation against illegal mining in buffer zone of Tambopata Reserve

By Mark Smith 28 de May de 201414 de September de 2020

Pollution of rivers, forest clearing and a desert landscape is what is observed in images of the operation against illegal mining in La Pampa, in the area known as “Mega 14”.

New York Daily News: Children in Peru forced to work in gold mines

By Mark Smith 17 de February de 201414 de September de 2020

New research shows more than 20 percent of the Peruvian gold is mined illegally, under slave conditions, by children and others who receive no pay.

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Forbes: Illegal gold mining in Brazil destroying Amazon, indigenous tribes at risk

12 de September de 2014

Vice.com: Peru’s New Cocaine: Gold has become America’s most illicit commodity

5 de August de 2014

New York Daily News: Children in Peru forced to work in gold mines

17 de February de 2014

The Washington Post: Peru fights gold fever with fire and military force

21 de August de 2014

Reuters: Brazil court revokes license for Canadian gold mine in Amazon

26 de June de 2014

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