Illegal mining continues its expansion in Madre de Dios, the Peruvian region most affected by this activity. Destroyed forests, polluted rivers and soils, as well as social problems.
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Community tourism fills niche around Tambopata National Reserve
Madre de Dios is best known for the high-end eco-lodges, especially around Tambopata and Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve, which draw tens of thousands of foreign tourists a year.
Madre de Dios: for the first time, miners were sentenced to prison for iIlegal mining
The Superior Court of Justice of Madre de Dios sentenced three miners that were extracting gold illegally in the National Reserve of Tambopata.
Illegal mining is strongest in Madre de Dios and Cusco
Government operation found and evicted one thousand illegal miners in the Madre de Dios Region.
Forest concession holders in Madre de Dios about to be invaded by illegal miners
People with concessions for reforestation filmed illegal miners trying to invade concessions.
The artisanal miners in Tambopata want their forest back
In Manuani in the Madre de Dios region, residents are reforesting the desert left behind by illegailty.
Tambopata: the way to the Hell will take you to paradise
Watch a sunset to 40 meters of height, crossing the river by kayak, fish piranhas, sleep huddled by all the sounds of the jungle. That and more offers this experience, do you dare?