Map of Affected Area (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Map of Affected Area

Caption

This CLASlite map shows the areas along the Madre De Dios river damaged by small, clandestine gold miners between 1999 and 2012.

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Image courtesy CLASlite Team

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