During Peru research, I learned that illegal gold mining in river beds is an existential threat to indigenous communities throughout the entire Amazon Basin. Seed money is given by narcotraffickers who launder the gold and have upper hand over state officials. Scary. www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/w...
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The Amazon’s Largest Isolated Tribe Is Dying (Published 2023)
Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.
