Illegal mining exacting hefty toll on Brazil s Amazon
Aug 30 2021· By Maria Angelica Troncoso Rio de Janeiro Aug 30 EFE Roughly 72 percent of all mining extraction in Brazil occurs in its Amazon region with legally established environmental and indigenous reserves being the most affected areas Mining activity which has expanded six fold in Brazil over the past 35 years occupied a 206 000 hectare 795 square mile area nationwide …