Brazil To Open Up Area Twice the Size of New Jersey to Mining

Yale e360
Aug 24, 2017, 12:45 pm192 pts
The Brazilian government has dissolved an 18,000-square-mile protected reserve in the Amazon rainforest to open up portions of the area for commercial mining, according to Reuters. The reserve, which is twice the size of New Jersey, was created in 1984 and is believed to be rich in gold, iron, manganese, and…

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