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Yaguas National Park, another great attempt at conservation in Peru

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2016-01-22

Much is known and has been studied about the rampant deforestation in Madre de Dios due to illegal mining and logging. The destruction of primary forest in Peru’s Amazon region has left in its wake degraded soils and mercury contamination, as well as the irreversible loss of ecosystems on which the lives of many indigenous communities and threatened species depend.

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