A New Gold Rush Is Causing (Potentially) Irreversible Damage to the Amazon Rainforest, Study Warns

A New Gold Rush Is Causing (Potentially) Irreversible Damage to the Amazon Rainforest, Study Warns

As the world is gripped by a new bout of gold fever that shows no sign of abating, the environmental risks for one of the world's most important ecosystems are rising.

Illegal gold mining has destroyed over 4,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in just four Indigenous territories in the past two years, warns Greenpeace - Greenpeace International

According to the report by Greenpeace Brazil, national action to combat this destructive activity is not delivering a decrease, but rather a shift in the Indigenous territories affected.