Illegal mining footprint swells nearly 500% inside Brazil Indigenous territories

Mongabay
May 18, 2022, 8:46 am250 pts
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. “These are…

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