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AREA AFFECTED IN 2020
6,858 sq km
or
1.7 million acres
Track mining in the rainforest
Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of mining activities in the Amazonian countries. By constantly analyzing high-resolution and historical satellite images, this tool aims at identifying the fast-paced growth of open-pit mining in the largest rainforest in the world. This database is here to help journalists, activists, and researchers better understand the causes and impacts of the mining industry.
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Mining Areas Detected
about the amazon mining watch
The Amazon Mining Watch is a partnership between the Pulitzer Center´s Rainforest Investigations Network and Earthrise Media. These two nonprofit organizations have joined forces to bring together the power of machine learning and investigative journalism
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