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Gold mining in Brazil has taken place continually in the Amazon since the 1690s, and has been important to the economies of Brazil and surrounding countries. In the late 17th century, amid the search for indigenous people to use in the slave trade , Portuguese colonists began to recognize the abundance of gold in the Amazon, triggering what ...
Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil, 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made infamous by the still images taken by Alfredo Jaar and later by Sebastião Salgado and the first section of Godfrey Reggio 's 1988 documentary Powaqqatsi , showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by hand.
Life for women among the Amazon’s illegal gold miners is harsh, violent, and can be deadly.
Illegal mining operations in Ghana have contributed to the reduction of poverty. Illegal mining is an employment option for men and women with no education and it is an easy way to make quick money. [24] The government is offering alternative sources of income in the agricultural field. [24]
The involvement of Indigenous people in illegal gold hunting, lured by the prospect of easy money due to record prices, has made Brazil's task of cracking down on wildcat mining in the Amazon far ...
Brazilian authorities are preparing to remove illegal gold miners from an Indigenous reservation in the Amazon rainforest that has been criss-crossed with informal airstrips and contaminated with ...
[1] [2] The protest was organized by the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon. The Altamira Gathering was the first large gathering of all groups that were threatened by the creation of the Belo Monte Dam, originally called the Kararao Dam but renamed at the time of the gathering. Over 500 Kayapo and 100 members ...
Today, the Yanomami and local officials estimate there are more than 20,000 illegal miners on their land. Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribe Skip to main ...