| World / Peru / Puno / Macusani, 118 km from center | Coordinates: 13°0'39"S 70°32'38"W |
Rio Huaypetue gold mine
Deforestation and river contamination from the huge Huaypetue River gold mine.
rainforests.mongabay.com/0808.htm
rainforests.mongabay.com/0808.htm
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7 months ago MaxiS | 0 |
 
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it seems to be a flood | ||||
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7 months ago tomte | +1 |
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This is the Huaypetue gold mine in Peru. Here you can find... Mercury contamination, child workers as young as 12, slave-like working conditions, toxic runoff in the river for hundreds of kilometers downstream, destruction of the rainforest, corruption... Photos: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0808.htm Article about child labor in Huaypetue: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DF1431F935A1575BC0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all (NYTimes: Youths Trampled in Peru's Gold Rush) More information: http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofile.php?l=eng&country=per&park=amcr&page=thr | ||||
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