mercury contamination
The battle against illegal goldmining in the Amazon – in pictures
A year after Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, declared a humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami and vowed zero tolerance for illegal mining, environmental enforcers have said the progress since the ousting from the reservation of 80% of the wildcat miners is in jeopardy.
Hunger for gold means the Amazon has reached 'tipping point' of mercury contamination from illegal mining
Gold mining is poisoning the planet with mercury
Driving out the rainforest invaders: crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era
Ibama agent Hugo Loss says he and his team have neutralised mining equipment in Operation Xapiri.
Amazon river dolphins warn of mercury threat to humans
Brazilian police probe deadly shooting on Indigenous land
Brazil’s federal police said Sunday they are investigating a shooting that killed one and wounded two Yanomami Indigenous people, saying the main suspects were illegal gold miners working in that area of Roraima state.
‘Gold library’ helps Brazil crack down on Amazon’s illegal mining
The information is allowing the Federal Police to create a chemical fingerprint of each sample, which they can then use to cross-reference the origin of seized or suspicious gold.