Open AccessMercury-Based Gold Mining Haunts Peruvian Rain Forests
Author(s) -
Alka Tripathy-Lang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo210645
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , gold mining , environmental science , geography , environmental protection , agroforestry , forestry , computer science , metallurgy , materials science , programming language
In Peru, gold mining harms rain forests and human health. Satellite data can now track forest recovery in protected areas and the migration of informal miners to less regulated areas.