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Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon

Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon

09/22/2019

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Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon

Clip: 9/22/2019 | 5m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

Peru looks for reforms after mining decimates the Amazon

In February, Peruvian authorities were sent in to the Amazon Rainforest to disrupt environmental devastation brought on by illegal gold mining. Satellite imagery now shows a 90 percent decline in new deforestation as the government and environmentalists try to initiate reforms. Special correspondent Leo Schwartz reports on the second of a two-part series by NYU’s Global Beat program.

09/22/2019

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