Peruvian Deforestation (IMAGE)

Duke University

Peruvian Deforestation

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Once small-scale, artisanal mining operations move on, the landscape left behind looks much like a barren desert. New models suggest this allows an increase in erosion that exasperates the release of mercury into the local watershed.

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Axel Berky, Duke University

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