Environmental impacts of the life cycle of alluvial gold
#0183;#32;Alluvial mining activities in the studied area are lucrative, have strong economic incentives and generate direct and indirect ( terrestrial and fluvial transportation, maintenance services, etc.) employment opportunities that attract people from all around Peru, especially from the surrounding Andes, where there is a severe lack of employment opportunities (Arriar#225;n and Ch#225;vez, 2017).