graph of gold mining in the amazon rainforest in the past five years

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Illegal gold mining in Peru is releasing toxic amounts of mercury directly into the Amazonian atmosphere and waters It has been found that 3 out of every 4 people

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Indigenous groups such as the Yanomamo and Kayapo have been living in the Amazon for thousands of years slowly accumulating a detailed knowledge of the rainforest

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Inside the Amazon rainforest The region s rainforest is spread across the Amazon River Basin approx million km 2 a vast natural tropical area more than half