Illegal mining in Peru

Illegal mining or illegal mineral extraction is a common economic activity in Peru, which consists of the exploitation of metallic minerals (such as gold) and non-metallic minerals (clay, marble, among others) to finance criminal organizations.[1] Illegal mining rose to prominence in the late 1970s with the emergence of informality in that sector.[2] Illegal mining in Peru lacks social and environmental controls or regulations, a characteristic it shares with the artisanal mining sector in the country.[3]

Those who carry out illegal mining act outside the control mechanisms of the Peruvian state and systematically evade relevant legal norms.[4] Illegal mining operations are located mainly in the departments of Madre de Dios,[5] Puno and La Libertad.[6] In the case of the Amazon rainforest, 17 protected natural areas were compromised by it.[7]

Peru is one of various countries in the region, such as Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador that have significant problems with illegal mining.[8]

In the 2000s, in the Amazonian department of Madre de Dios, illegal exploitation of gold dramatically increased the recruitment and coercion of adolescents into prostitution through false employment offers.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Poder Judicial: Minería ilegal ahora es controlada por organizaciones criminales". canaln.pe (in Spanish). 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ^ Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental 2014, p. 179
  3. ^ "¿En qué se diferencian la minería informal y la minería ilegal?". Caretas (in Spanish). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ^ Guillermo Medina, Jorge Arévalo A. Felipe Quea J. “Estudio de Investigación de la Minería Ilegal en el Perú: Repercusión para el Sector Minero y el país”, Arequipa, 2007, pág 5 http://www.iimp.org.pe/website2/publicaciones/EstudioIIMP3_MineriaIlegal.pdf Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Macera, Daniel (23 July 2018). "Minería ilegal y Madre de Dios: la relación difícil de romper". El Comercio (in Spanish). ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ^ Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental 2014, p. 180
  7. ^ Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental 2014, p. 175
  8. ^ Guzmán, José Tomás (4 March 2025). "Minería ilegal en Chile: Las cifras detrás del tipo de extracción que terminó en un derrumbe fatal en Copiapó". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  9. ^ "La Republica: Exposé on child prostitution in Peruvian Amazon mining towns". Peruvian Times. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
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