Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil (English)

The Amazon region has been responsible for a major share of Brazilian gold production in recent years. The region has witnessed a sizable gold rush comparable only to the California gold rush last century. The gold rush has spawned a powerful informal mining sector and has attracted many people - some who have come to the region in search of wealth and some who were already there but were displaced from other, unsuccessful economic activities. What...

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Biller, Dan;

DEC;
Document Date
1994/05/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1304
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil
Keywords
Mining

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Biller, Dan; DEC.

Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil (English). Policy, Research working paper|no. WPS 1304 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/481431468743647767

Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil (English)

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