Paradise lost: Inside Peru's emergency zone

Nightly News with Lester Holt, Today & NBC News Now (2022)

Illegal gold mining in southeastern Peru has fueled the destruction of a massive swath of rainforest and the killing of dozens of environmental activists.

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Winner of the Newswomen’s club of New York Front Page Award for short form documentary, “Paradise Lost: The Weight of Gold” 

Correspondent: Cynthia McFadden

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