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#5055730

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. The Chinese village of Yalopassi along the Maroni River on the Suriname side, a few minutes by canoe from the Amerindian village of Antecume-Pata. Chinese shops, accompanied by bars and various facilities for gold panner entertainment and are expanding rapidly in the region.

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#5055732

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. A Brazilian gold digger loads his pirogue in the Chinese village of Yalopassi along the Maroni River on the Suriname side, a few minutes by pirogue from the Amerindian village of Antecume-Pata. Chinese shops, accompanied by bars and various facilities for gold panner entertainment and are expanding rapidly in the region.

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#5055734

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. Men burn trees along the Maroni River on the Suriname side of Suriname in Yalopassi, a few minutes by pirogue from the village of Antecume-Pata. Chinese shops, accompanied by bars and various facilities for the entertainment of gold panners and Amerindians are expanding in the region.

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#5055738

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. An illegal gold panning barge on the Maroni River. This type of activity continues to cause considerable damage to the environment and to the inhabitants of the affected areas. In the villages, we notice the increased presence of Surinamese barges, coming into Wayana territory.

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#5055740

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. An illegal gold panning barge on the Maroni River. This type of activity continues to cause considerable damage to the environment and to the inhabitants of the affected areas. In the villages, we notice the increased presence of Surinamese barges, coming into Wayana territory.

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#5055742

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. An illegal gold panning barge on the Maroni River. This type of activity continues to cause considerable damage to the environment and to the inhabitants of the affected areas. In the villages, we notice the increased presence of Surinamese barges, coming into Wayana territory.

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#5055744

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. An illegal gold panning barge on the Maroni River. This type of activity continues to cause considerable damage to the environment and to the inhabitants of the affected areas. In the villages, we notice the increased presence of Surinamese barges, coming into Wayana territory.

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#5055746

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. The polluted waters of the Maroni River. Due to illegal gold panning activities, the waters of the Maroni River are dirty. They also hide a more insidious poison, mercury, which, although banned in French Guiana, is used by gold diggers to amalgamate gold flakes.

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#5055748

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. The polluted waters of the Maroni River. Due to illegal gold panning activities, the waters of the Maroni River are dirty. They also hide a more insidious poison, mercury, which, although banned in French Guiana, is used by gold diggers to amalgamate gold flakes.

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#5055750

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. The polluted waters of the Maroni River. Due to illegal gold panning activities, the waters of the Maroni River are dirty. They also hide a more insidious poison, mercury, which, although banned in French Guiana, is used by gold diggers to amalgamate gold flakes.

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#5055752

11 November 2019

Maripasoula, France, June 29, 2019. The polluted waters of the Maroni River. Due to illegal gold panning activities, the waters of the Maroni River are dirty. They also hide a more insidious poison, mercury, which, although banned in French Guiana, is used by gold diggers to amalgamate gold flakes.

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#5055754

11 November 2019

Grand-Santi, France, July 4, 2019. A canoe of bushinengue or Alukus on the Maroni River not far from the city of Grand-Santi. The tension between Wayanas and Alukus, both indigenous peoples of Guyana, is growing because the Alukus are in favour of gold panning.

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#5055786

11 November 2019

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, France, July 4, 2019. A Bushinengue on his canoe on the Maroni River near Suriname not far from the city of Saint-Laurent.

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