Alarm in Loreto: satellite images show the advance of mining dredges in the Amazon
Only between 2025 and 2026, there are 704 new dredges – rustic barges that extract illegal gold – that have started operating in 13 rivers in the Loreto region, confirming the territorial expansion of illegal miners. According to satellite images taken by Conservación Amazónica-ACCA, the increase in dredges is recorded in the Atacuari, Chambira, Cotuhe, Curaray, Marañón, Mazan, Nanay, Napo, Patayacu, Pintuyacu, Putumayo, Tigre, and Yaguas rivers.