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Brazilian researcher are using open source data to monitor garimpo activity

Munira Rajkotwalla
Illegal mining sites are growing at an alarming rate in the Brazilian Amazon.

Illegal mining sites are growing at an alarming rate in the Brazilian Amazon. | Credits: Rich Carey via Shutterstock

In the heart of Brazil's Amazon, illegal mining operations known as garimpo have taken a stronghold. Garimpo sites can stretch across 20-25 km, cutting through swathes of rainforest, rivers and biodiversity....

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