About 20,000 prospectors operate illegally in Yanomami reserve near Venezuela border, say activists
Rare and disturbing aerial photographs have laid bare the devastation being inflicted on Brazil’s largest indigenous reserve by thousands of wildcat goldminers whose illegal activities have accelerated under the country’s far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro.
Activists believe as many as 20,000 garimpeiro prospectors are operating within the Yanomami reserve in northern Brazil using speedboats and light aircraft to penetrate the vast expanse of jungle near the border with Venezuela.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/27/brazil-aerial-photos-reveal-devastation-by-goldminers-on-indigenous-land
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The Article Was Written/Published By: Tom Phillips and Flávia Milhorance in Rio de Janeiro
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