Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration reduced the expansion of illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon, but miners keep finding new sites. In 15 conservation units, illegal gold miners destroyed 330 hectares (815 acres) in only two months. According to experts, gold miners expelled from Indigenous territories may…
bubmagDecember 20, 2024