Smashing Mercury and Arsenic Limits: France Pressures Suriname as Illegal Mining Plagues Border
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Brazil uses forensic science to combat illegal gold mining in Amazonia, which is one of the main threats to the rainforest, indigenous groups and other communities in the region, and has accelerated deforestation and increased mercury pollution to dangerous levels.
In the face of mercury pollution from border rivers, France is awaiting Suriname's ratification of a bilateral agreement to step up the fight against illegal gold mining.
The contrast is striking seen from the sky, with one side almost intact and the other where illegal gold mining sites are seen. Paris and Paramaribo signed an agreement in 2021 on the delimitation of the common border, but also on mutual legal assistance to facilitate bilateral operations against illegal mining and drug trafficking in the region. However, the Surinamese government has still not ratified it. On the French side of the Marowijne an…
Text and images Sharon Singh MAROWIJNE — From the air, the Amazon rainforest appears endlessly green. But here and there, this green is abruptly interrupted by craters and pools of water in all colors. They are the silent witnesses to the gold mining taking place along the Marowijne River and deep in the French Amazon region. The French authorities state that illegal gold mining, particularly on the Surinamese side, is becoming an increasingly s…
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