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Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units
By Fernanda Wenzel When President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, illegal gold mining in the Brazilian ...
Forensic technology aids Brazil's crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade
Gold is difficult to trace, especially once metal from different sources has been melted together. Investigators say this is ...
Santa Claus delivers presents to Brazilian Amazon communities
Santa Claus navigated his way along the Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday to distribute gifts to children in ...
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Five Community-Based Tourism Experiences in the Brazilian Amazon
Across various regions of the Brazilian Amazon, traditional Indigenous, riverside, Quilombola, and rubber-tapper communities ...
Brazil farmer lobby asks to lift soybean ban from deforested Amazon rainforest
A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from ...
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Brazil's Amazon Sees Surge in Violence as Gangs Expand Presence: Report
Brazil's Amazon has been experiencing a surge in violence as criminal gangs expand their presence in over a third of municipalities in the country's rainforest region, according to a report by the ...
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Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil's Amazon, report finds
RIO DE JANEIRO — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a ...
New technology aids Brazil's crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade
Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally ...
Photos reveal the first glimpse of a thriving, never-before-seen Amazon community
Astonishing new photos from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest give a glimpse of a prosperous, never-before-seen indigenous community ...