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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Главные авторы: Jorge Caballero Espejo, Max Messinger, Francisco Román-Dañobeytia, Cesar Ascorra, Luis E. Fernandez, Miles Silman
Формат: Статья
Язык:English
Опубликовано: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Серии:Remote Sensing
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Online-ссылка:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/12/1903