Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon: Global Prices ...
We detect that the new pattern of mining deforestation (1915 ha/year, 2006–2009) is outpacing that of nearby settlement deforestation. We show that gold price is linked with exponential increases in Peruvian national mercury imports over time (R 2 = 0.93, p = 0.04, 2003–2009).