Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining without indigenous consent

Mongabay
Mar 14, 2019, 11:29 am200 pts
An industrial mining operation in Brazil. Note the forest at the edge of the open pit mine. Photo credit: Norsk Hydro ASA via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA. For many years, international and Brazilian mining companies have dreamed of getting access to the mineral wealth lying beneath indigenous lands. And…

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