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Mining Takes Bite Out of Guyanas Amazon

2013-11-11 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Guyana is engaged in a balancing act to save its rainforest, regarded as a living treasure, from the destructive activities of miners digging their way to another kind of treasure buried beneath this fragile ecosystem. Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud warns that the country stands to lose about 20 million dollars from the forest conservation fund because it has lost more of the Amazon, mainly to gold and diamond mining."We are fighting for our land rights, we are fighting for our indigenous...

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