Deforestation and Forest Degradation Due to Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon: A 34-Year Perspective

While deforestation rates decline globally they are rising in the Western Amazon. Artisanal-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a large cause of this deforestation and brings with it extensive environmental, social, governance, and public health impacts, including large carbon emissions and mercury pollutio...

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Principais autores:	Jorge Caballero Espejo, Max Messinger, Francisco Román-Dañobeytia, Cesar Ascorra, Luis E. Fernandez, Miles Silman
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:	Remote Sensing
Assuntos:	Landsat artisanal-scale gold mining infrastructure protected areas commodity open climate campaign
Acceso en liña:	https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/12/1903
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