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Title: Coffee Harvest In Honduras
Date: 1982-12-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Coffee pickers line up to deposit harvested beans into a truck at a coffee plantation in a mountainous area of Honduras December 1982. Coffee has historically been one of Honduras’s major exports.
Subject: Agriculture; Economy; Employment; Climate
Country: Honduras
Local Identifier: honduras_ct_0002_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Coffee Harvest In Honduras
Date: 1982-12-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Coffee pickers deposit harvested beans into a measured container in truck at a coffee plantation in a mountainous area of Honduras December 1982. Coffee has historically been one of Honduras’s major exports.
Subject: Agriculture; Economy; Employment; Climate
Country: Honduras
Local Identifier: honduras_ct_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Employee Of The Caribbean Tourist Industry
Date: 2012-02-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman dealing with tourist property and boat rentals sits outside her office in Clifton, Union Island February 24, 2012. Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines located in the Lesser Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject: Economy; Labor; Employment; Tourism
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Local Identifier: union_island_nb_0002_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Employee Of The Caribbean Tourist Industry
Date: 2012-02-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman dealing with sailboat rentals stands inside her office in Clifton, Union Island February 24, 2012. Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines located in the Lesser Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject: Economy; Labor; Employment; Tourism
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Local Identifier: union_island_nb_0005_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Employee Of The Caribbean Tourist Industry
Date: 2012-02-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman dealing with tourist property and boat rentals sits outside her office in Clifton, Union Island February 24, 2012. Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines located in the Lesser Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject: Economy; Labor; Employment; Tourism
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Local Identifier: union_island_nb_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Employee Of The Caribbean Tourist Industry
Date: 2012-02-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An office employee stands inside a real estate business in Clifton, Union Island February 24, 2012. Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines located in the Lesser Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject: Economy; Labor; Employment
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Local Identifier: union_island_nb_0004_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Gold Mining In Serra Pelada
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An overview of the gold mine at Serra Pelada shows between 80,000 to 100,000 miners digging out bags of ore that were carried by hand to the surface in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Badly planned mining explorations in the 1980s, including at Serra Pelada, led to serious environmental consequences such as heavy water contamination from mercury. Conflict between prospectors and Indigenous populations who live around the mines remains a persistent issue in the Amazon region.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0016_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: A Laborer At A Building Site On Union Island
Date: 2012-02-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A construction laborer stands near a building site on the outskirts of Clifton, Union Island February 24, 2012. Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines located in the Lesser Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject: Economy; Labor; Employment
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Local Identifier: union_island_nb_0001_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A foreman oversees a mining plot at the bottom of the Serra Pelada gold mine in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Each plot owner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 mine workers, or garimpeiros, worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0001_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0002_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0030_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0031_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A gold mine worker, or garimpeiro, stands for a picture in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Garimpeiros were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0032_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A paymaster hands over wages to gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The laborers were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0033_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Mine workers use picks and shovels to break up ore in single plot claims of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters) in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0034_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0035_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, carry out 40-pound bags of ore in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0015_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A crew chief keeps track of miner's, or garimpeiros, hauling ore to the surface at a gold mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil July 15, 1985. The laborers were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0012_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, listen to announcements before starting work in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0013_web.tif

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