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- The Amazon rainforest is home to 10 percent of the world's known species, and its ancient trees remove millions of tons of carbondioxide per year from the atmosphere. Its pristine forests, however, are increasingly under threat.
The soil underneath some of the rainforests is laced with gold, and each year, thousands of kilometres of the Amazon rainforest are devastated by illegal gold mining.
In Peru, where the rainforest covers about 60 percent of the country, illegal mining operations threaten local communities and turn swathes of rainforest into barren waste sites.
So what are the consequences of illegal mining for local communities and the ecosystem? What can be done to stop the destruction of the rainforest? And what happens to the dirty gold once it leaves Peru?
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as someone who work in this, dirty gold is dirty gold, just because you use recycled gold doesnt mean that it wasnt dirty to begin with. You are just laundering dirty gold, making it "clean" gold
Well done Al Jazeera, let's have more investigative journalism like this ! Like so many people out there, I am certain I had no knowledge about "dirty gold" and I am sure the same applies to so many other everyday products we purchase. Only by bringing stories like this to everyone's attention will we eventually be able to bring to an end practices similar to this.
How can gold be dirty when you’re trying to raise your family on one dollar a day ?
Unfortunately Linda, Individual residential economics, do not dictate the moral reality of any mining operation. Ask yourself this: how can any mining operation be 'clean', when corrupted through corporate politics?... it's ALL dirty and feeding one's "family on one dollar a day" (as you put it), is the physical 'result', not the 'question'.
There are other ways to earn a living that don't involve destroying the environment.
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Brilliant work guys.
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The real question is where does the recycled gold come from? Pretty sure its jus dirty gold recycled.
To use gold or recycled gold is a bit like used fur. The damage was more likely done. Years before society cared about these issues. Personally I never owned a gold ring. I,'ve always used silver. 999. I have in the past consider pawnshop gold. I never wanted a new fur...moms will work and instead of bear, Fox,beaver, or other wild or rare animals farm raised rabbit or sheep was a good alternative. It not the average person which could wear those rare wild animals...the elites have ways been into managing to destroy
everything they
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Like the guy above said, any damage done to get the recycled gold was already done. The goal is to not encourage new damage. Just like anything recycled, like paper.
but the mines just sell to the recyclers then.. its gold the easiest thing to launder
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They need to find another way to mine without using toxic chemicals like mercury. We need to do much more recycling of everything like batteries,glass, fabrics,rubber,cement,...everything.
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My family and I also need to feed ourselves thus we will buy all of your dirty gold.
Peru land of fine cacao. As chocolatier i fell sad for the rainforest and the cacao trees.😣
tsurumiku taro lived there personally for 4 yrs. Was married to a Peruvian girl until I was 28. And I can say they are some of the best liars on Earth, not afraid to sell whatever just to make some money
Payal Sampat, India has many many problems that needs addressing including heavy pollution
Best wishes for you
Ohhhh, if the local get there gold, is dirty? LOL
Good work, need more of it world wide.
It's the same as always, big companies move in with one idea in mind, take as much as you possibly can, as fast as you can while paying workers as little as possible or don't even pay them at all, as often happens and don''t concern yourself with the damage and destruction you leave. Once everything is polluted and totally destroyed, simply move on, threaten and evict the indigenous population from their land, and start all over again. And so it goes on and on !
FIRST, you had black diamond , and you have dirty gold , etc, etc when those it stops??
Wish you would identify where the illegal gold mining 'outsiders' are from.
do you have some insight into this ?
@Darkhorse europe aint even that old you re off your nut
The illegal gold mining outsiders are Peruvians themselves that don't have the resources that rich foreign corporations have to mine gold legally, because they would have to follow the same environmental regulations that companies from the developed world have to follow.
China!
100% of all the gold is recycled and refined unless it is a Nugget or raw fragments
we need less technology n more humanity
People often say, why do we need to get out into space? Well I think I can endorse the mining of some asteroids or moons for resources if it helps to ease this destruction of our planet Earth. There is no other place like this that we can even see, never mind get to and yet we treat it with such disrespect, it just makes you want to cry. There's literally no place we haven't hurt in some way. Kudos to Tiffany's if that's legit though, you have to start somewhere.
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What is recycled gold but "laundered" dirty gold?
So is peru 10kt gold real? Someone selling me a peru gold rope necklace here in new york . It shows stamped peru on it 10kt.
I'm returning my Peru gold necklace & bracelet.
*I DON'T UNDERSTAND, HOW DO THEY KNOW THE RECYCLED GOLD DIDN'T START AS ""DIRTY GOLD""...?*
Dirty gold and recycle gold What is the difference. I am no expert but if dirty gold already exist in the system then gets recycled what is that classified as. Gold laundering
Good point
@killing Time I like your thought process...The propaganda machine is at work, Stop trying to fool people with this we are so conscious of the earth now movement. The big corporations who have pillaged & raped these counties that own these natural resources now have a conscience ? Ahh give me a break it's about keeping the strangle hold on their side of the business, show me more of the big companies mines & there process & damages they have caused then I'll believe you.
After watching this documentary I decided to leave all good and good made products.
the Amazon jungle is the lungs of the world and yes we have to take care of this beautiful place and I'm not talking just about just Peruvians but humanity in general
Sad!! :( At the very least what we can do as individual is to ignore gold altogether, not keeping it, not wearing it, not buying it, not selling it and just stay away from it. There are a lot of other earth-friendly alternatives to look pretty, to have wedding ring and to keep your wealth, and gold is not the option. I am free of gold and don't see the need...
Javanesia You are right. The world puts too much importance on material things instead of the real problems humanity faces and it will only get worse .
I used to wear and consume because it's calming, anger issues.
Anyway one can take a common nut or coin and make a ring.
Gold diamonds platinum and other so called precious metals have inherent value, not just for showing off. Everyone is hungry for technology, cars and similar. Some of it is beyond a necessity, some a market fad and some beyond stupid.
I agree, we can live without these trinkets with no effect on status. Saying that a backed currency was the only time it made sense
Greed what moves all these destruction of the earth..
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is dirty becoz the Gov didn't take a bite of it 😓 the gov is dirty not the gold 😑
Gold can not only be dirty but deathly as well I was standing at a bus stop in New Orleans once with an old woman and young man of color when suddenly the young man snatched the old woman's chain off her neck and ran directly into the project's across the street from the bus stop. The old lady looked at me and said aren't you going to go after him? I said no Mam I'm not forking crazy enough for that I will be glad to use my cellphone to call the police though,she said don't bother as the bus appeared from a short distance away...I said fine.
What do we need Gold for in terms of happiness and sustainability? Gold is for ego and mindless consumption in my mind.
Paraface Rocks what do you think is needed to keep your phone or computer so small. The primary conductor in all microprocessors. Place that recycle stuff like that can pull 13 tons of gold a month. As well as 11 tons of platinum 9 tons of silver
Phillip Gagnon, what is obvious are global warming, freak climate changes and Amazon being "destroyed" beyond recognition. How much gold is used for the purposes referred to in your message and what are the other uses of gold by percentile? In any event, how does it work with sustainability? Any alternatives?
Paraface Rocks 78% is used for the jewelry industry, the rest is used in the electronics, dental, and medical fields. About 50 cents of gold per cellphone a. And around 1 billion phones created every year as well as computers watches. Don’t really care for jewelry. Don’t see the need for it. Gold production is regulated throughout the world to stabilize the price of gold and by those means the world economy. They shouldn’t be mining there at all. The real problem is greed and poverty. Now on the rainforest and oxygen production is not as big a deal as the alarmist try to scare us with as 83% of oxygen is created by plankton and algae. Now one of the cool facts about gold is that it is 100% recyclable and there are very few metals that can say that. The problem here is to many people throw their old phones and electronic devices away, when especially here recyclers will take them for free. Rediculous
Phillip Gagnon Thank you for your reply although I don't know what the source of your information comes from. I think the real problem is greed + poverty + ignorance. What can we do?
Paraface Rocks You are a gold buyer. It is in your PC, your phone, a lot of your other electronics too, if you feel bad about it then don't buy another PC or phone.
Try adding powdered basalt when planting the trees.
You gotta throw charcoal into that soil to give a home to microorganisms like bacteria and fungi...
I see gold as good for practical use in technology and medical science and it's economic value. I find the emphasis to it in jewelry to be a primitive attraction to shiny objects. And donning it to be very narcissistic, because the wearer will want people to notice.
Arabia...
Was, Is And Always Will BE The Black Market Of Gold, Persons And Guns!
Peru Gold Mining. Look at what you have done to the most beautiful rain forest that God has blessed you with. You have taken something that cannot be replaced and turned it into an ugly strip mining area and for what, a very small amount of gold. I understand that the people who live there must have an income , but please do not allow any outsiders to tempt you to sell your mining rights to them. If you do, it won't be long until they own everything and you will own nothing. Protect your way of life and your work as best as you can and force the outsiders out of your country and save whatever you have left. You have one of the most important and amazing forests left on the entire earth. Protect it, love it and each other, and most importantly, keep what is yours.
Probably a country that everyone go's to sleep with a full stomach.
I love the pomp that people from rich countries like the USA can basically criticize unbelievably poor people from a 3rd world country trying to survive. Like the rain forest is more important than the very poor Peruvian people.
Every body should only buy gold jewelry from Tiffany 🌞
I am talking about expensive diamonds. Also the white skin doesnt look too good with gold, thats why the lesser greed to it. Instead its rare rubies, and what not.
So this is all about fall in profits of "legal" producers.
And promotion of some stores
Sad, we are doomed!!!
Why do Americans concern themselves with Peru's internal affairs? Do they think the Peruvian government is not capable of managing their country? The life of an eco-warrior must be really eco-worrier, they worry over the ecology of someone else's country. Go home and worry over your own ecology.
They are seeing how much gold is there and whether worth investing or dirty gold is cutting their profit
cover both sides
Hi, im a regenerative gardener who specializes in soil building... and im a jeweler. I would love to get in contact with someone who can direct me to anyone involved with this project to 1. Get involved and help regenerating the forest, and 2. Get info on how i can inform my jewelry community about these issues. Any and all help would be lovely❤ thank you
Noone can do this cause civilians can melt down their own gold with dirty gold and stolen gold and noone can control what is what
Why doesn’t the government step in and trace it back to the corporation responsible and fine them for all the devastation there causing.
It is good to plant bamboo trees to bring back the soil, as well as it can be used as a building materials. Cuting and wasting all those trees, we need oxygen to breath, these people has lost their minds.
If they left the area alone nature would find a way it would most definitely find a way to repopulate that area may take a while but it's possible
Gold and diamonds two worst discoveries ever made by man.
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If you go to sell your gold jewelries to a gold shop, they buy it from you like they really want it especially if it is a old piece.
Off you buy gold buy used or at tiffany. Boycott Macy gold.
So what, they wreck the rain forest and in America they do fracking all over the land but that’s ok it’s legal. Maybe these reporters should look at there own country first. At least they are working and not pitching tents in the Main Street waiting for hand outs ! Yes the jungle is fragile but what choice do they have ? They don’t have a government running the money printing machines 24/7. I feel sorry for these hard workers trying to feed there families .
Perhaps planting some high value trees like Mahogany would serve these locals well and provide future income
Process human excrement for fertilizer and get paid to dispose of it where you need It.
Poor countries should do whatever is beneficial to them. May be it will end the wobbling/worming issue to bed.
There are two prices for gold. One is based on the responsible cost of "Western" or first world production.
The other price is the middleman price that you get on the streets in second and third world countries. This gold tends to be a quick silver amalgamation. Nevertheless this gold is about half price and is why traceability will not come around anytime soon.
For now all that can happen is a much growing black market.
If you want to really fix the problem you have to actually take fine gold recovery machines out to these people and train them for thousands of hours on how to use them but interestingly enough the cost to do this is already included in the regular price of gold but because the middleman's wheeled so much power by holding the gold and being the path to the miners this never happens. The gigantic margin that in the first world covers responsible agriculture and ecological studies and all of that jazz is pocketed in the third world.
i was talking about this at the dispensary with the old man security guard
this problem can be beaten by the market.
yes for sure,people dont have a clue what is going on ,if every body was educated about what is happening in the world im sure there would be a change,all for big profit at the expense of mother nature and the people that work in this mines,and it goes on and on.nothing is really going to change for them ,
easy why do you need gold? do not buy it, dirty or not we do not need it
latin america investigate is it aljzeera journalist or freelance selling their documentaries
welp. This is the end result of people needing money to live.
with neighbors like Bolivia who needs legal anything,once you go over the mountains your in free for all land malo banditos.
At the beginning it looked like budget episode of 'friends' with two aged chicks
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I never shop at macy's
🤣🤣 what a crock. You can't tell where gold is from . And it's worth so much they are lying, and are profiting off it.
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mother earth should waping us out by now......
I don't get why in third world countries they don't recycle the mercury? Mercury is expensive why do they just dump it? It be more profitable to extract the mercury and use it again, and sell the excess you get from mining.
jonnywaselectric Yes, but why let the mercury go into the environment? it costs money, and gold often has some mercury already attached to it.
So by recycling the mercury you go from it being an expense to a small profit.
They aren't hard to build, you just need to redirect the exhaust from melting the gold/mercury into a bucket of water and all the mercury fumes will condense back into liquid mercury.
GhostInTheShell29 it would be good if they did that but they dont
Why don't they? Is the question I don't understand, they have smart phones and access to the internet, how do they not know they are wasting money?
Also hurting the environment, workers health yada yada, Not that I think they care about that, but obviously they should care about money. Otherwise what are they doing in this industry?
Go to Spain and see the real dirty gold
cool, more dirty gold for me to buy, melt and resell if they dont want to
*....CUT ALL THE TREES DOWN, IT DOESN'T MATTER!! EVENTUALLY THE CURRENT CONTINENTS WILL SINK ALL THE TREES WILL DIE & THE OLD LAND WHICH USED TO BE THERE WILL RISE AGAIN, & NEW TREES WILL GROW!! DON'T WASTE MONEY PLANTING NEW TREES!!!!*
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The only way to the origins of a given parcel of gold is threw atomic testing. The min. any gold is "recycled" it is been blended with other golds from who knows where. To say dirty gold or clean gold is a marketing scam that allows the seller to price their product higher. I do agree that some of these mining practices are deplorable but to go after a dirty vs clean gold marketing campaign is just a scam. I worked with gold for 60 years as a manf. jeweler and trading one bad idea for another is just bad.
I always have 10.000 dollars in gold on me just incase i need to pay to get home if i lose my cards, money when beeing on vaccation.
This is BS. This problem is far from unique to Peru !
remove the gold from the forest... then people wont destroy it looking for it
the hypocrisy and naivete ....where does your clothes come from? food? ect? where do you draw the line?
LOL Oh ya its totally greed. Lets discard the fact that most people in Peru live in abject poverty. If i were Peruvian i would prolly be doing the same thing. If you wanna solve any problem, then take care of the corruption and poverty before you start talking about the pretty trees.
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What about the gold in Arab countries
Have a law to shoot on sight unless you plant trees in your wake.
Meh.
I don't trust anything or anybody, you can fake anything - if I haven't seen the process from a to b I don't trust it.
gold and diamonds are a symbol of LOVE. go figure
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Who stole their gold in the beginning? They must have own reasons searching gold desperately. Lung- disease coughing out blood is the final stage of TB.
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if women did not exist, there would be no demand for gold, diamonds or other shiny objects.