Illegal gold mining has destroyed over 4,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in just four Indigenous territories in the past two years, warns Greenpeace

Overflight to Monitor Illegal Mining in Indigenous Lands in the Amazon. © Samara Souza / Greenpeace

According to the report by Greenpeace Brazil, national action to combat this destructive activity is not delivering a decrease, but rather a shift in the Indigenous territories affected. 

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