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Gold-mining scars cratering the rainforest of Madre de Dios, Peru, seen from orbit
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The Amazon's open wound

Madre de Dios, Peru
The Amazon's open wound
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Amazon Mining Watch · 2024
AI-detected mining footprint
La Pampa, Peru, 2014: intact rainforest La Pampa, Peru, today: gold-mining moonscape
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Drag to compare · La Pampa, Madre de Dios · forest to gold-mining pits · Esri World Imagery (Wayback 2014 / current)
Mining detections: Amazon Mining Watch (Earth Genome · Pulitzer Center · Amazon Conservation), built on the Earth Index engine, CC BY 4.0 · Basin figures: MAAP #226 · Satellite: Esri World Imagery