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Friday, June 1, 2018

Raid fails to stop gold mining, death threats on Amazon’s Tropas River

In a statement to Mongabay, Roberto Cabral, IBAMA’s coordinator of monitoring operations, explained why the agency carried out the raids: “The Munduruku Indigenous Territory is the focus of intense pressure from illegal mining. The exploitation of natural resources leads to the silting of rivers and creeks, along with mercury contamination. Communities and animals are affected by the destruction caused by the mines.”

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