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Montevideo, May 5th 2024 - 23:16 UTC

Tag: Amazon nature reserve to mining

  • Friday, August 25th 2017 - 09:31 UTC

    Brazil opens vast Amazon nature reserve to mining

    Established in 1984 under the then military dictatorship, the reserve's protected status restricted mining activities to state companies.

    Brazil stripped a vast Amazon nature reserve of its protected status in a move that could expand mining in the region, in a decree published on Wednesday. The four million-hectare reserve is home to indigenous people but also rich in gold and manganese.