Critical minerals drive legalization of mining on Amazon Indigenous lands

Mongabay
Nov 3, 2025, 12:56 pm186 ptsTrendingTop
The Brazilian Constitution bans illegal mining on Indigenous lands under any circumstances. But the high demand for minerals, especially gold, drove miners to invade Indigenous lands anyway. Since 2018, the area of gold mines in the Amazon has doubled (1,217% since 1985), while the metal’s value has nearly…

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