US EditionPeru’s Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
- Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining, leading to health concerns.
- More than 80% of the population in the communities is contaminated with mercury in the blood.
- The communities express that 'the mercury is in our bodies now' and will remain if the state does nothing.
- The complaint requests a regional body to declare Peru in violation and urge the government to act urgently.
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Peru’s Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.
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Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.
The rivers and streams in Guainía are all over the place and are winding in all directions. They are the essence of the territory: they provide food and water to drink; they serve as natural paths that connect communities; they keep stories and stories that strengthen culture and the transmission of knowledge from one generation to another; and they play a decisive role in the conservation of biodiversity. But in this land of many waters — that …
What role do environmental prosecutors play in the fight against illegal mining? We pursue illegal mining crimes. We do, for example, interdictions: destruction of machinery, dredges, tracas (explosives), backhoes. How effective have the interdictions been? The number of machinery that exists only in Puerto Maldonado, for example, is very high. In La Pampa, in [...]
María Luisa Cruz, Minister of the Environment, told the Economic Development Commission that 796 warnings of illegal mining affect protected areas, promoting a bill for their recovery. The post María Luisa Cruz, Minister of the Environment, says that there are 796 warnings of illegal mining in the National System of Protected Areas appeared first on El Diario.
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