An Illegal Mining 'Epidemic' Is Spreading Across the Amazon Rainforest
While illegal mining in the Amazon has been a problem for decades, new data shows levels that are not comparable to any other period of its history.
Kimberley Brown is a freelance writer and video journalist based in Quito, Ecuador. She has been living in Latin America and covering regional society and politics—with the occasional environmental story—for the past four years.
While illegal mining in the Amazon has been a problem for decades, new data shows levels that are not comparable to any other period of its history.