The Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil's Indigenous Land - The New York Times

The Times identified hundreds of airstrips that bring criminal mining operations to the most remote corners of the Amazon.

BOA VISTA, Brazil From 2,500 feet in the air, the dirt airstrip is just a crack in a seemingly endless ocean of rainforest, surrounded by muddy mining pits that bleed toxic chemicals into a riverbed.… [+21538 chars]

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