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Land mines in Latin America and the Caribbean are a by-product of the Cold War-era conflicts starting off in the 19th century.Contrary to the requirements of generally accepted international law, the minefields of Latin America and the Caribbean (including Central America), were usually unmarked and unrecorded on maps.
In 2016, however, the mine spilled south of the Malinowski River, illegally entering the Tambopata National Reserve—a protected forest. The Amazon Conservation Association used Planet data to publish a series of alerts which tracked hundreds of hectares of illegal expansion and mapped alterations to the course of the Malinowski River.
The Orinoco Mining Arc (OMA), is a resource-rich area in Venezuela that has become a hub for illegal mining. It was opened to development in February 2016 as the "Orinoco Mining Arc National Strategic Development Zone", [ 1 ] and has been operating since 2017; [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Orinoco Mining Arc covers 12.2% of Venezuelan territory with an area ...
Police have been escalating attempts to stamp out the activity of illegal miners, with more than a billion dollars lost to illegal mining in South Africa annually, according to the country’s ...
Today, the Yanomami and local officials estimate there are more than 20,000 illegal miners on their land. Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribe Skip to main ...
The mining pollutes the rainforest, poison locals and robs the nation of a source of wealth -- but it's also a way of life. Brazilians toil for gold in illegal Amazon mines Skip to main content
Illegal mining can be a subsistence activity, as is the case with artisanal mining, or it can belong to large-scale organized crime, [2] spearheaded by illegal mining syndicates. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On an international level, approximately 80 percent of small-scale mining operations can be categorized as illegal. [ 5 ]
Mining in South America by country (13 C) C. Mining communities in South America (1 C, 4 P) D. Mining disasters in South America (3 C, 1 P) M. Mines in South America ...