Illegal mining footprint swells nearly 500% inside Brazil Indigenous territories

 “The problem is not the activity of prospecting, since prospecting is provided for by law in Brazil,” Diniz said. “The problem is that the prospecting that takes place in the Amazon is almost always done without a license, with mercury, within Indigenous territories and conservation units, and without any repair done for the environmental damage caused.”

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