Rainforest destruction from gold mining hits all-time high in Peru

Friday, November 9, 2018 - 16:52 in Earth & Climate

Small-scale gold mining has destroyed more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon in the past five years, according to a new analysis.

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