A Vast South American Wilderness Is Under Siege From Illegal Mining

Yale e360
Aug 5, 2021, 5:00 am267 pts
The third-place winner of the 2021 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest vividly depicts how, as the Venezuelan state collapses, the nation’s corrupt leaders are controlling — and profiting from — a flood of illegal mining in what was once one of South America’s wildest regions. Read more on E360 →

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