#illegalgoldmining

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Today is the day! Right before the season’s bacchanal. Before the dining and drinking and dancing and hangovers. Yes, make a pause today and watch UNSUSTAINABLE, we visit Brazil, Ecuador and Peru to look at scarcity and social injustice in a region of tremendous abundance. #latinamerica #manta #madrededios #xavante #illegalgoldmining (at Manta, Ecuador)

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Outtakes from an old documentary. . . . . . #filmmaking #documentary #peru #illegalgoldmining (at Madre De Dios - Puerto Maldonado)

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Like Alberto, poor Peruvians work the mines for survival and in doing so are obliterating one of the world's most important resources: the Amazon. What is the Peruvian government's reaction? "Time is Dust" airs Sunday on @cctvamerica #amazon #madrededios #peru #timeisdust #illegalgoldmining (at Madre De Dios-Puerto Maldonado)

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A blessing and a curse. Our documentary Time is Dust airs Sunday on @cctvamerica #amazon #madrededios #peru #illegalgoldmining #timeisdust (at Cuzco, Cusco, Peru)

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Apart from the destruction of the Amazon, one of the effects of Illegal gold mining is drug and human trafficking. Watch our documentary Time is Dust on CCTV AMERICA on Sunday. #cctvamerica #timeisdust #illegalgoldmining #peru #madrededios #amazon (at Ciudad De Puerto Maldonado)

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Illegal gold miners in Madre de Dios work their pits day in, day out, each time going deeper into the Amazon, leaving behind a Mad-Max landscape. #everydaylatinamerica #peru #illegalgoldmining #timeisdust #cctvamerica (at Madre De Dios, Madre De Dios, Peru)

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To reach a canteen in the gold camp we had to walk through a dead jungle. #goldmining #illegalgoldmining #everydayAmazon #Peru