Gold panning

Panning for gold. This mining is now illegal as it is taking place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the
Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) in North-east MADAGASCAR
FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. The gold mining is still quite common in the forest and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep pits from the excavations of these miners.

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Filename: 1945 Gold panning.NEF
Copyright: Pete Oxford
Image Size: 2868x4312 / 19.3MB; Gold panning Endemic Deforestation Tree felling People Gold mining NGO Fananby Habitat loss Endangered Loky River Manambato River Semi-evergreen forest Gallery forest Dry deciduous forest Lemur Prosimian Primate Daraina Propithecus tattersalli Tattersall's sifaka Golden-crowned sifaka Madagascar
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Panning for gold. This mining is now illegal as it is taking place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the<br />
Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) in North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. The gold mining is still quite common in the forest and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep pits from the excavations of these miners.