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VIDEO: The effects of illegal mining on the Amazon

Ana Komnenic | September 30, 2013 | 12:09 am Precious Metals Europe Latin America Gold 

The effects of illegal gold mining on Peru's Amazon rainforest are well known: The practices of about 5,000 illegal miners have led to pollution, violence, deforestation and the destruction of wildlife. A recent governmental study estimates that about 40,000 hectares of...

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