Gold Prices Spur Six-Fold Spike in Amazon Deforestation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419205526.htm

ScienceDaily (Apr. 19, 2011) — Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon has increased six-fold in recent years as small-scale miners, driven by record gold prices, blast and clear more of the lowland rainforest, according to a new Duke University-led study.

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