Gold rush in Ecuador’s Amazon region threatens 1,500 communities

Mongabay
Mar 11, 2022, 4:00 pm227 pts
In Ecuador’s central Napo province, legal and illegal gold mining in rivers is expanding, causing freshwater contamination and conflict among communities living in the Anzu and Jatunyacu river basins, according to recent studies and Indigenous organizations. The findings, signaling a gold rush in the…

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