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Satellites Detect Illegal Gold Mining in Peruvian Amazon
LIMA, Peru, July 23, 2021 (ENS) – Illegal gold mining is a widespread problem in the southern Peruvian Amazon; in the Madre de Dios region it has caused both river [...]
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Land Use/Forests
World’s Best Wild Salmon Run Protected From Huge Mine
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, November 29, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied a permit to the proposed Pebble Mine, a giant copper and gold mine in [...]
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Illicit Wildlife, Gold, Timber Trade Funds DRC Conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 16, 2015 – Organized crime funded by illegal trade in natural resources is fueling the 20-year-long conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, [...]