The operation destroyed eight backhoes and one tractor responsible for leveling forests and gouging deep, toxic pools within the Crepori National Forest and the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Meanwhile, IBAMA fined wildcat miners $13 million for their role in these activities, which poisons waterways, local communities, and wildlife with mercury. The negative impacts of these illegal activities garnered national media attention in February when Munduruku warriors led an independent action to drive the miners from the region and expel what they call the "white man's illness" from their lands, presenting the miners with an ultimatum to depart.
read more... https://amazonwatch.org/news/2018/0628-government-crackdown-on-illegal-amazon-gold-mining-could-backfire-for-brazils-munduruku
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