In a t statement, of WWF-Brazil, said the region between the Amapá state in Brazil and French Guiana is one area that is experiencing major problems.
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The Washington Post: Peru fights gold fever with fire and military force
As many as 40,000 illegal miners — mostly poor, Quechua-speaking laborers from Peru’s Andean highlands — have invaded some of the most pristine and biologically rich sections of ancient forest in the Amazon basin.
Vice.com: Peru’s New Cocaine: Gold has become America’s most illicit commodity
According to former environmental minister Antonio Brack Egg, gold mining has devastated nearly 370,000 acres of the Peruvian Amazon.
Reuters: Brazil court revokes license for Canadian gold mine in Amazon
A federal court has revoked the environmental license for a massive gold mine planned by Belo Sun Mining Corp on the Xingu River in the Amazon, ruling that the company had failed to assess the impact on local indigenous communities.
Operation against illegal mining in buffer zone of Tambopata Reserve
Pollution of rivers, forest clearing and a desert landscape is what is observed in images of the operation against illegal mining in La Pampa, in the area known as “Mega 14”.
New York Daily News: Children in Peru forced to work in gold mines
New research shows more than 20 percent of the Peruvian gold is mined illegally, under slave conditions, by children and others who receive no pay.