Amazon Mining Policy Scoreboard: the latest findings

Learn more about the latest findings for Perú on the Amazon Mining Policy Scoreboard

Peru ranks second among five Amazonian countries in the Amazon Mining Policy Scoreboard, scoring 11.7 out of 15, and achieves the highest regional score in investigation and law enforcement. The country has built a solid legal and institutional architecture: clear definitions distinguishing lawful from illegal mining, prohibitions on dredges and mercury in waterways, due-diligence obligations for gold buyers, a publicly accessible mining cadaster, and specialized prosecutorial units dedicated to environmental crimes. These foundations reflect a genuine and comparatively advanced policy commitment to regulating artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM).

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Amazon Mining Watch Panorama

DISPATCH OF THE LATEST ON GOLD MINING IMPACTS ACROSS THE AMAZON

Amazon Mining Watch Panorama provides critical quarterly insights into the escalating threat of illegal gold mining across the Amazon. Based on AI-powered detection of mining scars anywhere in the region from Amazon Mining Watch (AMW), a multiparner initiative led by Amazon Conservation, Earth Genome, and the Pulitzer Center, it offers a data-driven perspective on the environmental challenges facing the world’s largest rainforest.

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