Driving out the rainforest invaders: crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era

 The aircraft from the country’s two main environmental agencies, Ibama and ICMBio, fly for hours above the Tapajós basin, then break formation when they approach their targets: illegal goldmining camps that are contaminating the waters and earth of the forest.

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