La minería ilegal en Loreto se duplicó en dos años y ya destruye bosques ribereños en el Nanay y el Marañón

Illegal gold mining in the Loreto region of Peru has doubled over the past two years, resulting in significant destruction of riparian forests along the Nanay and Marañón rivers. Data from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) indicates that the volume of illegal dredging activity recorded between 2025 and 2026 accounts for nearly half of all detections documented over the previous nine-year period.

The rapid escalation of these activities poses a severe threat to the local ecosystem and river health. The findings, compiled by Conserva, highlight a marked intensification of unauthorized mining operations within the Amazonian basin, underscoring a critical shift in the scale of environmental impact in the region.