Illegal Mining: Study Reveals Worst Devastation in Amazonian History

This report is based on a map of more than 2000 points in which illegal activity in the Amazon has been identified. Among them 96 protected natural areas with the presence of illegal mining within the protected territory or in the buffer zone.

Read the article on Mongabay Latam (Spanish).

Title (Spanish)	Minería ilegal: estudio revela la peor devastación en la historia de la Amazonía
Organization	Mongabay Latam
Language	Spanish
Year	2019
File type	Article
Keywords English	Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, deforestation, indigenous, mining, protected areas, Peru
Palabras clave Español	Amazonía, Brasil, Colombia, deforestación, indígena, minería, áreas protegidas, Perú
lavras-chave Português	Amazônia, Brasil, Colômbia, desmatamento, indígena, mineração, Áreas protegidas, Peru