Gold mining triggers controversy eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 2 november 2024– Four rivers in Amazonian indigenous territories were found to be at a high risk of mercury contamination, above levels considered safe, a report released this week citing a study by the NGO WWF-Brazil. The results indicate an “extremely high risk” of contamination in more than half…
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Damage by illegal Brazilian garimpeiros in Suriname not discussed. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 25 August 2024 — When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his former US colleague Bill Clinton met during a recent telephone conversation earlier this week they discussed climate change, energy transition and the protection of forests, among several other environmental issues. What…
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Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons in effort to protect largest Indigenous reserve from mining mafias T.Philips The special forces crackdown on illegal mining in Yanomami territory. Photograph: Ibama/Brazilian government The Brazilian government has launched its campaign to drive tens of thousands of illegal miners from the country’s largest Indigenous reserve, with special-forces environmental operatives…
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But forgets to summon illegal Brazilian goldminers in Suriname eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, June 8th 2023– According to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation fell 31% in the Legal Amazon, from January to May 2023, compared to the same period last year, Agencia Brasil reported. The data was released Wednesday and collected from the Deforestation Detection…
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