The price spike has caused a gold rush and spurred more illegal mining activities around the world. This has led to increasing conflict between communities (including indigenous) and miners and to environmental degradation – from the destruction of trees and local habitats to contamination of water and local food supply chains because of the mercury used to separate gold from grit leaking into rivers. This issue is acute in the Amazon, Brazil, which has been hampered by additional political pressures that has boosted illegal gold mining in the region.
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