Mining destroyed a record 125 square kilometers (nearly 50 square miles) of the Brazilian Amazon last year—more than twice the size of Manhattan.
Much of the destruction was on protected indigenous reservations.
The use of mercury to separate gold dust from soil has also left toxic pollution in rivers.
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