The Landsat 8 images above show examples of two different artisanal gold mining techniques. Highly mechanized excavation uses heavy machinery to dig into the ground. Minimally mechanized mining uses high-pressure water cannons and suction pumps to move sediments from the bottom of creeks and rivers.
The research team is particularly interested in detecting small-scale, artisanal gold mining, typically operated by independent miners known as garimperos.
In recent decades, the number of artisanal mines in the Madre de Dios department of Peru has increased , carving out a larger environmental footprint than industrial mines. Artisanal miners use mercury, which can pollute water sources and lead to neurological disorders or kidney issues in humans who are exposed to it. Illegal mining in protected zones also can compromise the homes of indigenous people, as well as endemic plants and animals.
USAID launched a new initiative to reduce threats to biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon by helping Peruvian authorities and communities to more effectively prevent and address environmental crimes. This includes illegal gold mining, illegal logging and illegal wildlife trafficking in protected areas and their buffer zones, on indigenous lands, and in other relevant forest management units in the Amazon.
USAID works closely with national and regional authorities to promote the prevention and reduction of illegal mining in Madre de Dios. USAID is also promoting the use of environmentally sound mining closure procedures, mining formalization with social and environmental safeguards. Skip to main content. Agency for International Development. Search Fusion Enter the terms you wish to search for. NASA is backing the use of machine learning-enhanced satellite technology to capture the subtle movements of illegal gold mining in climate-sensitive areas of the world.
Miners in the Madre de Dios region use the same basic tools as miners did in the s gold rushes in North America: a high pressure hose to blast off layers of rock and a handmade sluice lined with towels to collect the runoff.
Heavy metals get caught in the towel fibres, and mercury is used to collect the gold. A novice miner could uncover grams of gold a day , worth a few hundred dollars on the global market.
But this type of gold mining is environmentally disastrous, choking rivers and deforesting the land. The mercury used in gold mining can also poison local water systems, contaminating the wildlife and people downstream. Mercury is a neurotoxin that poisons the nervous system. Gold miners have some of the highest documented mercury exposures ever recorded. Full access: To this and over 1 million additional datasets Save Time: Downloads allow integration with your project Valid data: Access to all sources and background information.
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