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1230:"In Peru, hopes for carbon deal wash away with the soil: A newly paved highway has sparked a Klondike-style gold rush in Peru's rich rain forest, threatening the country's chances to strike carbon-offset deals on the international market"
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is a major emerging industry in Madre de Dios. A number of lodges in Manu and
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has resulted due to this activity. In addition, techniques for gold mining have been described as resulting in both a major environmental and public health problem. Most gold miners use liquid
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in the jungle within the region. A new road that opened in early 2011 through the area will connect Brazil and Peru for trade, and change the isolation of this area.
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is the only other large industry of the region, confined mainly to alluvium adjacent to the
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Mother of God: An
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Ruthless River: Love and
Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios
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Location of the department of Madre de Dios in Peru
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1706:La Libertad
1462:La Libertad
1338:Chachapoyas
1255:inei.gob.pe
1240:15 February
1151:15 February
688:Gold mining
677:Brazil nuts
672:Cacao beans
581:Las Piedras
520:Virgin Mary
467:, English:
390:Brazil nuts
386:cacao beans
282:(2019–2022)
230: /
1792:Categories
1751:San Martín
1711:Lambayeque
1557:San Martín
1472:Lambayeque
1323:Department
1010:indigenous
911:Tambopata
882:Tahuamanu
722:Ecotourism
712:food chain
593:Los Amigos
473:department
382:sugar cane
317:Population
271:Government
147:Department
69:newspapers
1671:Cajamarca
1553:Moyobamba
1392:Cajamarca
1388:Cajamarca
1110:Footnotes
830:Asháninka
816:Province
786:Languages
770:Tambopata
760:Tahuamanu
754:Salvación
743:districts
739:provinces
716:predators
667:Sugarcane
577:Tahuamanu
569:Tambopata
561:watershed
526:Geography
1731:Moquegua
1666:Ayacucho
1661:Arequipa
1656:Apurímac
1646:Amazonas
1583:Pucallpa
1517:Moquegua
1513:Moquegua
1468:Chiclayo
1458:Trujillo
1448:Huancayo
1382:Ayacucho
1378:Ayacucho
1372:Arequipa
1368:Arequipa
1362:Apurímac
1342:Amazonas
1258:Archived
1212:21526143
1172:PLOS ONE
1097:See also
966:101,788
700:alluvium
682:Palm oil
638:Guarayos
634:Ese'ejas
565:Inambari
563:are the
553:basins.
547:Urubamba
545:and the
394:palm oil
1776:Peru's
1766:Ucayali
1691:Huánuco
1587:Ucayali
1493:Iquitos
1432:Huánuco
1428:Huánuco
1358:Abancay
1203:3079740
1180:Bibcode
1055:Iquitos
1004:Culture
997:100.00
957:81,427
945:16,830
935:72,942
926:61,387
914:10,202
906:10,123
877:18,723
868:11,170
838:Spanish
820:Quechua
800:Quechua
796:Spanish
764:Iñapari
696:mercury
648:Economy
622:Iñapari
602:Paititi
497:Ucayali
485:Bolivia
471:) is a
436:Website
406:coconut
325:141,070
261:Capital
243:Country
218:70°35′W
215:11°59′S
136:Spanish
83:scholar
1761:Tumbes
1721:Loreto
1676:Callao
1651:Áncash
1577:Tumbes
1573:Tumbes
1497:Loreto
1483:Huacho
1402:Callao
1398:Callao
1352:Ancash
1348:Huaraz
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988:80.00
976:16.53
954:2,095
897:8,870
865:1,540
856:5,731
848:Total
825:Aymara
808:Kichwa
662:Coffee
657:Cotton
505:Loreto
477:region
378:coffee
374:Cotton
365:PE-MDD
339:UBIGEO
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1741:Piura
1736:Pasco
1701:Junín
1681:Cusco
1567:Tacna
1563:Tacna
1537:Piura
1533:Piura
1527:Pasco
1452:Junín
1412:Cuzco
1408:Cusco
994:0.10
991:0.30
985:2.06
982:0.03
979:0.97
941:Total
853:Manu
704:toxic
614:Cusco
585:Heath
493:Cusco
431:0.37%
420:36.7%
90:JSTOR
76:books
1746:Puno
1716:Lima
1547:Puno
1543:Puno
1478:Lima
1327:Peru
1242:2013
1208:PMID
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917:586
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589:Acre
573:Manu
495:and
489:Puno
481:Peru
475:and
410:wood
402:rice
398:gold
288:Area
247:Peru
187:Seal
177:Flag
62:news
1696:Ica
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1198:PMC
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