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Gold Exploitation in the Amazon { 52 images } Created 9 Sep 2020

Gold mining in Amazon is responsible for water contamination and Amazonia biome destruction.
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
View from the balcony of a house by the Crepori river, in a community inhabited exclusively by gold mining workers, mostly male. There are some local commerce, mostly dedicated to mining supplies, gold shops, one supermarket, and many prostitution houses. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
View of Crepori river from a boat used to transport gold mining workers and their supplies. Criminal groups are illegally exploring a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
Gold miners digging the land by the edge of Crepori River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Para state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold miner panning the land by the edge of Creopri river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, protected by conservation law. For the past thirty years, illegal gold mining has been exploring Amazon's rivers. As many of those rivers are tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Para state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold miner panning the land by the edge of Creopri river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, protected by conservation law. For the past thirty years, illegal gold mining has been exploring Amazon's rivers. As many of those rivers are tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Novo Progresso municipality, Mato Grosso state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold miner carries a saw to cut trees by the edge of Novo Progresso river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, protected by conservation law. For the past thirty years, illegal gold mining has been exploring Amazon's rivers. As many of those rivers are tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
A gold miner stands in the exploited and damaged soil by the edge of Crepori River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Novo Progresso, Mato Grosso state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold miner uses jet of water to explore gold, damaging the soil by the edge of Novo Progresso river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a land protected by law. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
Gold miner armed with a shot-gun, protects his mining site, at its entrance, close to Crepori River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Novo Progresso municipality, Pará - BRAZIL - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil - August 25, 2020. Truck drivers who works for the forest explores, points a shot-gun to some birds while the road traffic was at stand still in BR-163 highway.  photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Novo Progresso municipality, Pará - BRAZIL - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil - August 27, 2020. The statue of a gold miner in a roundabout of Novo Progresso, hometown of forest explores and gold miners.  photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará - BRAZIL - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil - August 30, 2020. A  gold shop at the gold miner community called Jardim do Ouro (Gold Garden), home of forest explores and gold miners.  photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará - BRAZIL - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil - August 30, 2020. A truck carrying cute trees passes by a gold shop at the gold miner community called Jardim do Ouro (Gold Garden), home of forest explores and gold miners. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Novo Progresso municipality, Pará - BRAZIL - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil - August 27, 2020. A kid plays by the statue of a gold miner in a roundabout of Novo Progresso, hometown of forest explores and gold miners. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
Kids driving a motorcycle in a community inhabited exclusively by gold mining workers, mostly male. There are some local commerce, mostly dedicated to mining supplies, gold shops, one supermarket, and many prostitution houses. The place is called Creporizão, home of many criminal groups that illegal explore a indigenous land protected by law.  Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazon's biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
Gold exploration damages the soil by the edge of Crepori River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazon's biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Peixoto de Azevedo municipality, Mato Grosso state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold mining site by the edge of Peixoto de Azevedo River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring areas by the rivers which are important to Amazon biome balance. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 5, 2020. <br />
View from a helicopter shows the concentration of many illegal gold mining sites developed over Crepori river bed, a tributary river of the Amazon Basin. <br />
Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 5, 2020.  View from a helicopter shows the concentration of many illegal gold mining sites in a place known as 'Garimpo São Raimundo'. These mining sites are developed over Crepori river bed, a tributary river of the Amazon Basin. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 5, 2020.  View from a helicopter shows the concentration of many illegal gold mining sites in a place known as 'Garimpo São Raimundo'. These mining sites are developed over Crepori river bed, a tributary river of the Amazon Basin. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality - PA - Brazil - August 28, 2020:<br />
Concentration of many illegal gold mining sites developed over Crepori river, one of the most important tributary rivers of Tapajós river, Amazon Basin's largest. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality - PA - Brazil - August 28, 2020:<br />
Concentration of many illegal gold mining sites developed over Crepori river, one of the most important tributary rivers of Tapajós river, Amazon Basin's largest. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, Brazil - August 5, 2020: <br />
Contamination of Tapajós river, one of the biggest of Amazon Basin tributary river, is seen from above. Sandbanks and pollution have increased since the gold exploitation spread along Tapajós' tributary rivers. Photo and text: Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, Brazil - August 5, 2020: <br />
Contamination of Tapajós river, one of the biggest of Amazon Basin tributary river, is seen from above. Sandbanks and pollution have increased since the gold exploitation spread along Tapajós' tributary rivers. Photo and text: Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, Brazil - August 5, 2020: <br />
Contamination of Tapajós river, one of the biggest of Amazon Basin tributary river, is seen from above. Sandbanks and pollution have increased since the gold exploitation spread along Tapajós' tributary rivers. Photo and text: Caio Guatelli
    tapajos04b.JPG
  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, Brazil - August 5, 2020: <br />
Contamination of Tapajós river, one of the biggest of Amazon Basin tributary river, is seen from above. Sandbanks and pollution have increased since the gold exploitation spread along Tapajós' tributary rivers. Photo and text: Caio Guatelli
    tapajos09b.JPG
  • Novo Progresso, Mato Grosso state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold miner uses jet of water to explore gold, damaging the soil by the edge of Novo Progresso river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a land protected by law. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 28, 2020. <br />
Gold exploration damages the soil by the edge of Crepori River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazon's biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 29, 2020. <br />
Gold exploration damages the soil by the edge of Crepori River. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazon's biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Novo Progresso, Mato Grosso state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 25, 2020. <br />
A gold miner uses jet of water to explore gold, damaging the soil by the edge of Novo Progresso river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring this area, a land protected by law. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality - PA - Brazil - August 5 of 2020:<br />
Illegal gold mining site developed over Crepori river, one of the most important tributary rivers of Tapajós river, Amazon Basin's largest. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
    amazoniaagosto2020dronefoto-00411.tif
  • Jacareacanga municipality - PA - Brazil - August 5 of 2020:<br />
Illegal gold mining site developed over Crepori river bed, one of the most important tributary rivers of Tapajós river, Amazon Basin's largest. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 29, 2020. <br />
View of Crepori river from a boat used to transport gold mining workers and their supplies. Criminal groups are illegally exploring a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality - PA - Brazil - August 5 of 2020:<br />
Illegal gold mining site developed over Crepori river, one of the most important tributary rivers of Tapajós river, Amazon Basin's largest. For the past thirty years, the Amazon Basin tributary rivers have been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 29, 2020. <br />
View of Crepori river from a boat used to transport gold mining workers and their supplies. Criminal groups are illegally exploring a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba and Jacareacanga, Pará - BRAZIL - Amazon Rainforest, Northern Brazil - August of 2020. Gold panning in the region of Crepori river. photo: CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 29, 2020. <br />
View of a ferry used to explore gold in Crepori river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. Photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 29, 2020. <br />
View of a ferry used to explore gold in Crepori river. Criminal groups are illegally exploring a indigenous land protected by law -Munduruku indigenous people's land. For the past thirty years, the Crepori river has been exploited in search of gold in a crescent level. As the river is an important tributary of Tapajós river (one of the biggest Amazon basin river), environmentalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. Photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil. August 5, 2020.  View from a helicopter shows an illegal gold mining site developed over Rato river bed, a tributary river of the Amazon Basin. Ambientalists concerns are focused on the high level of damage this illegal mining is causing to Amazon basin and Amazonia biome. photo and text by CAIO GUATELLI
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he was still in office, flies over the Rato River destroyed by illegal gold mining. Although he saw the large scale destruction, he did act not stop the criminal operations happening there. On the contrary, he was kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, flies over the Rato River destroyed by illegal gold mining. Although he saw the large scale destruction, he did act not stop the criminal operations happening there. On the contrary, he was kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, flies over the Rato River destroyed by illegal gold mining. Although he saw the large scale destruction, he did act not stop the criminal operations happening there. On the contrary, he was kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
After flying over the Rato River destroyed by illegal gold mining, Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, talks to indigenous leadership at Jacareacanga airport. Although he saw the large scale destruction, he did act not stop the criminal operations happening there. On the contrary, he was kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institution for Environment Protection) agents use a helicopter in an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites. One hour later, Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, acted to block IBAMA's operations happening there. Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institution for Environment Protection) agents use a helicopter in an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites. One hour later, Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, acted to block IBAMA's operations happening there. Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5, 2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institution for Environment Protection) agents use a helicopter in an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites. One hour later, Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, acted to block IBAMA's operations happening there. Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institution for Environment Protection) agents use a helicopter in an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites. One hour later, Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister, acted to block IBAMA's operations happening there. Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, he was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Serra do Cachimbo Military Base, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institute for Environment Protection) agents prepare for an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites in Amazon Basin. The operation was lately cancelled by Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister. <br />
Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, Mr. Salles was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Serra do Cachimbo Military Base, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5, 2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institute for Environment Protection) agents prepare for an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites in Amazon Basin. The operation was lately cancelled by Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister. <br />
Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, Mr. Salles was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Serra do Cachimbo Military Base, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5, 2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institute for Environment Protection) agents prepare for an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites in Amazon Basin. The operation was lately cancelled by Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister. <br />
Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, Mr. Salles was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Jacareacanga municipality, Pará state, Amazon Rainforest region, northern Brasil - August 5,  2020:<br />
IBAMA (Brazilian Institute for Environment Protection) agents acts to protect IBAMA's aircrafts at Jacareacanga airport during an operation to destroy illegal gold mining sites in Amazon Basin. The operation was lately cancelled by Brazil's former minister of Environment, Mr. Ricardo Salles, when he still was a Minister. <br />
Mr. Salles was a kind of a supporter for those miners that he used to call 'legalized workers'. <br />
Few months later, Mr. Salles was fired from the government, but the illegal mining sites are still destroying Amazon Basin rivers. Photo and text by Caio Guatelli
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  • Itaituba municipality, Pará - Amazon Rainforest region, Northern Brazil - August 29, 2020. A small airport located in Creporizão miner's community, serves the illegal gold industry in the region of Crepori river, Para state. Photo: Caio Guatelli.
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