Date of Publication
2016 12:00 AM
Keywords
srhreports, illegalmining, country-peru, Illegal gold mining, Peru, operation mercury, La Pampa, Peruvian Amazon
Description
“In February 2019, the Peruvian government launched Operation Mercury (Operación Mercurio), a major multi-sectoral crackdown on the illegal gold mining crisis in the area known as La Pampa,* located in the southern Peruvian Amazon (Madre de Dios region). Note that this area is not within Tambopata National Reserve, but in its buffer zone. In this report, we present the results of our analysis on the initial impacts of this operation. We found a major reduction in gold mining deforestation in La Pampa in 2019, compared to the same time period (February-June) of the previous two years (see Graph 1). In fact, the gold mining deforestation decreased 92% between 2018 (900 hectares) and 2019 (67 hectares), representing the situation before and after the start of Operation Mercury.”
Report Location
MAAP #104: Major Reduction in Illegal Gold Mining from Peru’s Operation Mercury
“In February 2019, the Peruvian government launched Operation Mercury (Operación Mercurio), a major multi-sectoral crackdown on the illegal gold mining crisis in the area known as La Pampa,* located in the southern Peruvian Amazon (Madre de Dios region). Note that this area is not within Tambopata National Reserve, but in its buffer zone. In this report, we present the results of our analysis on the initial impacts of this operation. We found a major reduction in gold mining deforestation in La Pampa in 2019, compared to the same time period (February-June) of the previous two years (see Graph 1). In fact, the gold mining deforestation decreased 92% between 2018 (900 hectares) and 2019 (67 hectares), representing the situation before and after the start of Operation Mercury.”
Comments
Originally made available at: https://maaproject.org/2019/lapampa_opermercury/
Please cite as: Villa L, Finer M (2019) Major Reduction in Illegal Gold Mining from Peru's Operation Mercury. MAAP: 104.