Politics Revealed: Brazil goldminers carve illegal ‘Road to Chaos’ out of Amazon reserve Aerial photos from reconnaissance mission reveal effort to smuggle excavators into Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory.
Causes www.dw.com Brazil′s Amazon rainforest has become the Wild West for illegal gold miners Unregulated mining is causing catastrophic deforestation, pollution and conflict on indigenous land. A newly proposed bill could "open the floodgates."
Causes www.bbc.com The elite soldiers protecting the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is at risk from mining in French Guiana and it is the French Foreign Legion's job to protect it.
