

Scary scale of ASGM pollution in Latin America
News of Peru’s ‘State of Emergency’ over artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) related pollution in part of the Amazon has received wide-spread public and social-media exposure over the past week. The scale of this pollution is staggering: the impact of ASGM on the environment in the Amazon is scary. Various commentators have asked me how we can prevent a similar state of emergency in Indonesia, where the environmental and health impacts of ASGM are no less concerning