Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Has Become the Wild West for ...
Apr 16, 2020 · 'Fullscale gold rush' About 13% of Brazil's territory is classified as indigenous land, spread across more than 400 reserves. But according to the Amazon GeoReferenced SocioEnvironmental Information Network, there are more than 450 illegal mining sites in the Brazilian Amazon, where most of those reserves are loed.