PI: Mónica Moreno Brush, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología
U.S. Partner: Eddy Langendoen, United States Department of Agriculture/ Agricultural Research Service
November 18, 2022
This webinar was the thirteenth in the series. It featured Dr. Monica Moreno Brush, who is a researcher and senior analyst at the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation in Peru, as well as the PI of
Project 8-235: Impacts of alluvial mining in the Madre de Dios Basin: physical effects and mitigation planning. On November 18, she discussed the project work exploring the impacts of alluvial gold mining on the Madre de Dios River, as well as efforts to implement effective mitigation strategies.
The PEER program organizes a series of webinars to provide PEER principal investigators the chance to present their work and its impacts. Speaker webinars are available on the
PEER Seminar Series webpage.