Officials crack down on criminal operation along major riverbank: 'They are hiding in the ravines'

Officials crack down on criminal operation along major riverbank: 'They are hiding in the ravines'

Illegal miners in Peru's Nanay River Basin are changing the color of this vital part of the Amazon. However, officials are upping their tactics to protect the river and the communities it supports.  According to Mongabay, in August, 27 dredges were destroyed by a collaboration between  Mongabay Latam, Mishana National Reserve, and "representatives from the Norwegian and German embassies, and members of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustain…