A third of Peru’s La Pampa forest cleared for illegal mining ponds, study finds

Mongabay
Apr 2, 2020, 11:35 am237 pts
Scientists who spent five years studying the impact of illegal mining in Peru’s southeastern Madre de Dios department recently explored that impact in La Pampa, a geographic area in the region. They found that sites where trees once stood tall now resembled desert, with piles of sand and stone covering the…

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