In a quick mockup, the calculator was able to estimate the cost of the damage caused by mining on 2,400 hectares (5,930 acres) of the Yanomami Indigenous Reserve in 2020: $20 million (100 million reais) to recover the damages caused by deforestation; $83 million (425 million reais) for the rivers, including the cost to remove sediment and stabilize the riverbeds; and $215 million (1.1 billion reais) to at least partially deal with the extensive impacts of mercury, which can cause neurological problems and heart disease in people, and contaminate people, fish, and other wildlife.
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