Small mining and artisanal operations that are legally registered are now also held fully responsible in this new legislation for any negative environmental impact they may cause, according to mining and environmental laws, and are to be required to remedy the damages.
Although informal mining is the most notorious in the case of environmental damage —operating dredges on Amazonian tributaries and destroying miles of rainforest— small legal mining operations across the country have for many years escaped the more stringent supervision applied to the large and more visible mining operations.
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