Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Strip-Mine-in-Rainforest-Brazil-27MZIFJJ14X1D.htmlConceptually similarRunoff from Iron and Gold Mine in BrazilGP0STQIY0Completed★★★★Rainforest Macapá BrazilGP0STQIZ3Completed★★★★★★Rainforest and Rio Ampari BrazilGP0STQIZ1Completed★★★★★★Illegal Gold Mine near Macapa BrazilGP0STQIYUCompleted★★★★★★★Illegal Gold Mine in the AmazonGP0STQIY1Completed★★★★Iron Ore Mine in Brazilian RainforestGP0I57Completed★★★★Rainforest and Rio Uaça BrazilGP0STQIZ2Completed★★★★★★Gold mining, Sierra Pelada, ParaGP0VZQCompleted★★★★Gold mining, Sierra Pelada, ParaGP0G30Completed★★★★View AllGP0STQIYPStrip Mine in Rainforest BrazilA strip mine for iron and gold 20 miles southeast of Parque Nacional Motanhas do Tumucumaque (5 miles northeast of Pedra Branch do Ampar’), Brazil.Locations:Amapá-Brazil-South AmericaDate:20 Jan, 2017Credit:© Daniel Beltrá / GreenpeaceLatitude:0°51'13.44"NMaximum size:5000px X 3337pxLongitude51°52'58.44"WKeywords:Day-Deforestation-Diggers-Forests (campaign title)-Forests (topography)-Gold mining-KWCI (GPI)-Mines-Mining-Outdoors-Strip mining-Surface mining-Trees-Tropical rainforestsShoot:Mouth of the Amazon DocumentationGreenpeace is campaigning to protect the recently discovered Amazon Reef off the coast of Brazil from development by oil companies, such as BP and Total. These ultra deep wells would be at least 400m further below the surface than that of the Deepwater Horizon, which spilled an estimated 5 million barrels of oil across the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.Related Collections:Mouth of the Amazon Photo DocumentationAward Winning Greenpeace PhotographyForest Beauty and Destruction Photos and Videos
