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Illegal mining footprint swells nearly 500% inside Brazil Indigenous territories

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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.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/illegal-mining-footprint-swells-nearly-500-inside-brazil-indigenous-territories/