Illegal gold mining has destroyed over 4,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in just four Indigenous territories in the past two years, warns Greenpeace

  Scientists have found that mercury used in extraction contaminates the forest and waterways, endangering wildlife and human health.[3]

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