For Land | Shorts #3: Yanacocha - a case study in legal gold mines

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This video looks at the Yanacocha gold mine in Peru as a case study in the ecological and economic devastation inflicted on the oppressed world by the legal mining sector. It builds on our analysis of the illegal mining sector in our feature film, For Land | Part one: Capital as extinction.

For Land | Part one:    • For Land | Part one: Capital as extinction  
For Land | Shorts #1 - Hunting and clearances:    • For Land | Shorts #1: Hunting and clearances  
For Land | Shorts #2:    • For Land | Shorts #2: Megafaunal extinctions  

Video interviews are taken from:

   • The price of Gold - part1  
   • The price of Gold - Part2  
   • The price of Gold - Part3  
   • Open Pit  

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