With 10 45-minute long episodes, Aruanas tells the story of four women leading an NGO that investigates urgent socio-environmental threats. The first season takes place in the Amazon rainforest and explores crimes based on real events, such as Illegal mining, which – through the use of mercury and other heavy metals to obtain gold – have caused irreparable health issues to the local population, as well as the struggle of indigenous people, and the environment. Mining is still a major cause of deforestation, and territorial disputes between miners and the native nations frequently end with blood and violence.
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