The Story map shows the routes by which mercury is exported to Bolivia and then sent as contraband to wildcat mining operations in Brazilian Amazonia where the liquid metal is used illegally in gold mining.
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Mapbiomas: Land use 1985-2020
Brazil was responsible for 70% of the CO2e emissions from deforestation in Pan-Amazonia over the last 35 years.
Deforestation in the Legal Amazon during the Bolsonaro government (2019-2022)
Story map shows the deforestation in the Legal Amazon during the Bolsonaro government (2019-2022)
Southern Amazonas is a new frontier for deforestation in the Amazon
IPAM ‘s unprecedented analysis shows how the rising destruction of the Amazon at the border with Acre and Rondonia states, where the government promotes a “zone of sustainable development” that has become the epicenter of destruction environmental.
The pollution of illegal gold mining in the Tapajós River
An exclusive investigation carried out by InfoAmazonia and Earthrise Media reveals that the sediment staining generated by gold mining in the Tapajós River basin in Brazil already extends for hundreds of kilometers. The activity has skyrocketed by 70% in the last five years.