News Briefs Brazil Environmentalists are demanding urgent action to halt an aquatic gold rush along one of the Amazon River’s largest tributaries, reports the Guardian. Hundreds of illegal goldmining dredges have converged on the Madeira river after rumours earlier this month that a large gold deposit had been found in the vicinity. Footage of the brazen illegal operation has provoked outrage, and shows the expansion of illegal extraction in Brazil.
Aquatic gold rush in Amazon (Nov. 25, 2021)
Aquatic gold rush in Amazon (Nov. 25, 2021)
Aquatic gold rush in Amazon (Nov. 25, 2021)
News Briefs Brazil Environmentalists are demanding urgent action to halt an aquatic gold rush along one of the Amazon River’s largest tributaries, reports the Guardian. Hundreds of illegal goldmining dredges have converged on the Madeira river after rumours earlier this month that a large gold deposit had been found in the vicinity. Footage of the brazen illegal operation has provoked outrage, and shows the expansion of illegal extraction in Brazil.