2023
Area affected in 2023
13,100 km2
or
3.2 million acres

TRACK MINING IN THE RAINFOREST

Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of gold mining activities in the Amazonian countries. By analyzing historical satellite images, this tool tracks 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 drivers and impacts of subsistence mining.

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