News Headline
Illegal mining footprint swells nearly 500% inside Brazil Indigenous territories
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2022-05-18
Illegal miners expanded their footprint in Indigenous territories in Brazil by nearly 500% between 2010 and 2020, according to a recent report from the research collective MapBiomas. It also shows that illegal miners boosted their presence in conservation units by 301% during the same period.