Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction

Mongabay
Sep 3, 2021, 3:45 pm282 pts
Brazil is likely feeding international demand for gold with bullion tainted by violence, deforestation and pollution, given that almost a third of the country’s registered gold production is classified as illegal or potentially illegal, a new report shows. Between 2019 and 2020, Brazil exported 174 metric…

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