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Illegal miners in the Peruvian Amazon

Damage to small streams as miners work their way upstream looking for gold

Illegal miners in the Peruvian Amazon

Mine on a river in the upper Amazon [peru_aerial_1679]

Downstream from the Rio Huaypetue gold mine.

Mine on a river in the upper Amazon

Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1523]

Illegal miners in the Peruvian Amazon

Miners at the landstrip of Rio Huaypetue gold mine

Water box used to separate gold from gravel along the Rio Tambopata

Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1522]

Illegal miners in the Peruvian Amazon

Mine on a river in the upper Amazon [peru_aerial_1678]

Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1583]

Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1524]

Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine.

Mining operations at Rio Huaypetue gold mine [aerial-rainforest-Flight_1022_1527]

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