- Extent of Peruvian Amazon lost to illegal goldmines mapped for first time. "In all, we found that the rate of forest loss from gold mining accelerated from 5,350 acres per year before 2008 to 15,180 acres (6,145 hectares) each year after the 2008 global financial crisis that rocketed gold prices." http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/29/peruvian-amazon-illegal-goldmines-mapped 30 comments science
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