New Study Reveals Mining in the Amazon Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands

 The report finds that illegal miners have invaded 370 Indigenous lands, including many in Brazil, where all mining on Indigenous lands is illegal. Illegal mining operations are also leaching toxic chemicals, such as mercury, into at least 30 Amazonian rivers. 

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