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

[Science Daily]

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

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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