Rainforest destruction from gold mining hits all-time high in Peru
▻https://phys.org/news/2018-11-rainforest-destruction-gold-all-time-high.html
That’s an area larger than San Francisco and 30 percent more than previously reported.
“The scale of the deforestation is really shocking,” said Luis Fernandez, executive director of CINCIA and research associate professor in the department of biology.