Image #6: Expanding Gold Mining Deforestation Enters Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (Madre de Dios, Peru)
Recall that in Image of the Week #1 and Image of the Week #5 we documented how gold mining deforestation continues to expand within the Department of Madre de Dios, Peru (in the areas known as La Pampa and Upper…
Image #5: Gold Mining Deforestation Intensifies along Upper Malinowski (Madre de Dios, Peru)
Recall that in Image of the Week #1 we documented how gold mining deforestation continues to expand within the Department of Madre de Dios (Peru) in an area known as La Pampa  (1,700 hectares of new deforestation between 2013 and…
Mining News Watch #15
Report #15 // January 28, 2015 – March 17, 2015 Top Stories Antonio Fernández Jeri has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of Mining Formalization and the Interdiction of Illegal Mining. The Amazon Conservation Association issued a new map…
Image #1: Gold Mining Deforestation Continues to Expand in La Pampa (Madre de Dios, Peru)
Image of the Week #1 highlights that gold mining deforestation continues to expand in the southern Peruvian Amazon (Department of Madre de Dios). Most notably, the image illustrates that much of the most recent (2013 – 2015) deforestation occured a)…
Mining News Watch #14
Report #14  //  December 17, 2014 – January 27, 2015 Top Stories The new regional president of Madre de Dios and former mining leader, Luis Otsuka, met with President Ollanta Humala to begin discussions of key mining-related issues. To combat…
Mining News Watch #12
Report #12  //  October 16 – November 19, 2014 Top Stories The second round of regional presidential elections in Madre de Dios is likely to take place on December 7th. Both candidates are strong proponents of small-scale mining and have…
Mining News Watch #11
Report #11 // September 18 – October 21, 2014 Top Stories In the October 5th regional elections, none of the candidates for President of Madre de Dios surpassed the 30% threshold needed for victory, thereby forcing a second round between…