Big Picture: The boy in the Amazonian longhouse

Journalist Laura Sofía Mejía journeyed to the most remote regions of the Colombian Amazon to document the impact of illegal gold mining in the rainforest, and the environmental damage caused by mercury in rivers upon which indigenous tribes depend. The audiovisual project Una Parte por Millón has been documenting the community Puerto Remanso de los Miraña Bora since 2014 and how the presence of gold miners along the Caquetá River is changing the social practices of traditional populations. While Brazil occupies roughly 60% of the Amazon rainforest Colombia and Peru make up 10% and 13% respectively. The rest is shared between Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
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