New report details the pattern of illegal flows of mercury fueling illegal gold mining

Media Contacts

Experts Available for Interviews

  • Julia Urrunaga, Julia Urrunaga is the Peru Program Director for EIA US where she leads their investigative, policy and campaigning work in Peru, exposing forest crime, amplifying local peoples’ voices, and promoting new policy measures to help eliminate illegally sourced forest products from global markets and shift demand towards legal and sustainable products. She is a former investigative journalist, focused on governmental corruption and human rights violations. Julia holds a BA in Communications/Journalism from the Universidad de Lima and a MA in International Relations from Yale University. (English and Spanish)

  • Alexander von Bismarck is the Executive Director of the Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA US). He has studied and worked on natural resource governance issues for over thirty years. This has included leading undercover field missions to collect evidence on networks trafficking chemicals, timber and wildlife around the world. (English)

  • Adam Dolezal, Extractives Campaigner, EIA (English)

  • Julio Cusurichi, Shipibo Indigenous Leader of the Peruvian Amazon, Goldman Prize Winner (Spanish)