Critics accuse the president of creating a social climate in which gold miners and other invaders in indigenous lands feel encouraged. The government decrees mention artisanal small-scale mining; in fact, financially strong entrepreneurs invest in the exploitation of indigenous areas with professional equipment. Illegal gold mining is often at the beginning of a chain, with prospectors being followed by loggers, ranchers and agricultural entrepreneurs. The “garimpeiros” cut deep aisles in the forest; the mercury used to dissolve the gold pollutes the water, fish die.
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