Gold Mining and Environmental Impacts in the Amazonian Rainforest

Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery
(News Release, University of Leeds; 29 June 2020)
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4619/gold_mining_restricts_amazon_rainforest_recovery

Featured Research Article:


Limited biomass recovery from gold mining in Amazonian forests
(KALAMANDEEN et al., 2020)
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13669


Also...


PR | Expert report:  Proposed gold mine in Brazilian Amazon presents unacceptable risk
(Rede XINGU and Moviemento XINGU, Vivo para Sempre; International Rivers; June 17, 2020)

Gold rush, mercury legacy:  Small-scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting toxic pollution from 1860s California to modern Peru
(Jacqueline GERSON, Austin WADLE and Jasmine PARHAM,  The Conversation; May 28, 2020)

The mining map:  Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous land?
(Anna Beatriz ANJOS, Bruno FONSECA, Ciro BARROS, José Cícero da SILVA, Rafael OILVEIRA, and Thiago DOMENICI, Agência Pública; 7 May 2020)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/the-mining-map-whos-eyeing-the-gold-on-brazils-indigenous-lands/


Andacollo:  Mercury evaporation to produce gold

Andacollo Mercury evaporation.jpg
By Katja Radon - Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link

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