News Headline
In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2022-02-28
Years of artisanal mining along the Madre de Dios River and its tributaries have left their marks, both seen and unseen. Miners, swarming to the region in a modern-day goldrush, have cleared away pockets of this sliver of the Peruvian Amazon.