Bachelet pointed out that much of this encroachment comes from miners, loggers and farmers. Illegal gold mining activity is increasing rapidly and brings widespread harm to both people and environment. It requires extensive deforestation and the mercury used to extract the gold pollutes rivers. The Amazon rainforest is known as the world’s biggest “carbon sink”, its trees absorbing around two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, which equates to six percent of global emissions. Furthermore, indigenous communities that live in remote areas are at severe risk from disease as a result of external contac
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